Department for Children, Schools and Families
Access keys

The access keys are intended to provide keyboard shortcuts, offering you an alternative form of navigation. This allows users with limited physical capabilities to navigate our website more easily. However, there are some drawbacks:

  • the functionality may depend on the type of operating system you are using
  • the shortcut keys are only supported by MS Internet Explorer 4 and above and by Netscape 6x versions
  • with Windows-based systems the user has to press the 'Alt' key and the access key
  • with the Macintosh system the user has to press the 'Ctrl' key and the access key
Listed below are the access keys we use in our homepage
S Skip navigation
1 Home page
2 News Centre
3 A to Z search
4 Search
5 Popular Questions
6 Help
7 Complaints procedure
8 Terms and conditions
9 Feedback form
0 Access key details

Users should use the tab key to navigate through the links on the
homepage, and press return to access the chosen link.

We will be extending this system across all of our website pages