Declaration of accessibility

The European School Frankfurt is committed to making its website accessible in accordance with Section 10 Paragraph 1 of the State Disability Equality Act (L-BGG). This declaration of accessibility applies to the website www.esffm.org.

1. Status of compliance with the requirements

This website is partially compliant with the Hessian Law on the Equality of People with Disabilities (Hess-BGG) in conjunction with the Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV 2.0). The website also partially meets the requirements of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

Note: A website is considered BITV-compliant if it meets all the requirements of BITV 2.0. A website is considered WCAG-compliant if it meets all the success criteria of Level AA of WCAG 2.1. The WCAG - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines - are the leading international standard for implementing accessibility in web development.

2. Non-accessible content

Labels on control elements are not yet translated in some cases (WCAG success criterion 1.1.1)

Alternative text for graphics is occasionally missing (WCAG success criterion 1.1.1)

In editorial content, headings are occasionally not placed in the correct order or lists are not always used correctly (WCAG 1.3.1)

In forms, the corresponding autocomplete attributes are missing for user-defined fields (WCAG success criterion 1.3.5)

In combination with dynamically changing content, the focus frame does not always have a sufficient contrast ratio (WCAG success criterion 1.4.11)

External links are not always clearly marked (WCAG success criterion 2.4.2)

The HTML code does not validate without errors (WCAG success criterion 4.1.1)

Embedded, external content from third parties, for example from social media platforms, is not fully accessible

3. Creation this accessibility statement

This statement was created on 03/03/2025.

4. Feedback and contact details

You can report any deficiencies in compliance with the accessibility requirements to us at FRF-Director@eursc.eu.

Information about content exempted from the application of the directive can be obtained at FRF-Director@eursc.eu.

Responsible for barrier-free accessibility and processing of messages received as part of the feedback mechanism is:

European School Frankfurt
Praunheimer Weg 126
D-60439 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone: +49 (69) 92 88 74 0
Email: FRF-Director@eursc.eu

5. Enforcement procedures

To ensure that this website meets the requirements described in the Hessian Law on Equality for People with Disabilities (Hess-BGG), you can contact the operator of this website and provide appropriate feedback.

You can find the contact details under section 4 of this declaration. If the website operator does not respond to your request within the specified period, you can contact the state government representative for the concerns of people with disabilities or the municipal representative for the concerns of people with disabilities.

You can reach the representative of the state government of Hesse for the concerns of people with disabilities at the following URL: soziales.hessen.de/ueber-uns/beauftragter-fuer-menschen-mit-behinderungen.

You can find the municipal representative responsible for the concerns of people with disabilities on the website of the city of Frankfurt am Main: frankfurt.de/service-und-rathaus/verwaltung/aemter-und-institutionen/stabsstelle-inklusion/beauftragte-fuer-die-belange-von-menschen-mit-behinderungen.