Accessibility statement

Last updated: May 2026.

This statement applies to the SATS LION website and to the SATS LION learning app ("Word Mage Academy"), which children use on phones, tablets, and on Chromebooks and other computers in the browser. SATS LION Ltd is registered in England and Wales. We are a brand new, independent product, and we are committed to improving accessibility as we grow.

We want every child to be able to use SATS LION, including children with additional needs and disabilities. That covers learners who use a keyboard or assistive technology instead of a mouse, learners who find motion or flashing uncomfortable, learners with low vision or colour vision differences, and learners who read more slowly or process information differently.

Because our users are children, we treat accessibility and our wider duty of care as the same effort. SATS LION is built to be data-minimal and to follow the UK Children's Code (the Age Appropriate Design Code): a learner profile carries no more than a first name and year group, an adult (a parent or a school) holds the account and consents on the child's behalf, and there are no adverts and no selling of data. An accessible product and a safe, calm product are, for us, the same goal.

We are working towards the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at level AA as our target standard. WCAG 2.1 AA is the level widely used as a benchmark for public and educational services in the UK, and it is the bar we hold ourselves to.

To be honest about where we are: this is a target, not a finished result. We have not yet had an independent accessibility audit, and we are not claiming full conformance with WCAG 2.1 AA. We test as we build, we fix issues as we find them, and we will update this statement as our conformance improves.

Accessibility is part of how we design and build each screen, rather than something we bolt on at the end. Steps we have already taken include the following.

• Keyboard navigation. Interactive elements can be reached and operated with a keyboard, so a mouse or touchscreen is not required to move through the product.
• Visible focus styles. The element you are currently on shows a clear focus outline, so it is easy to see where you are when tabbing through a page.
• Respecting reduced motion. We honour the operating system "prefers-reduced-motion" setting. If a learner or their device asks for less movement, we reduce or remove non-essential animation.
• Colour and contrast care. We choose text and background colours with contrast in mind, and we try not to rely on colour alone to carry meaning.
• Semantic headings and labels. We use proper heading structure and descriptive labels for buttons, links, and form fields, which helps screen readers and other assistive technology make sense of each page.
• A skip-to-content link. A "skip to content" link lets keyboard and screen reader users jump straight past the navigation to the main content of a page.

We would rather be honest than make claims we cannot stand behind. SATS LION is early, and some areas are still in progress. Known limitations at the time of writing include the following.

• Some parts of the product have not yet been fully tested with every screen reader and browser combination, so there may be gaps we have not found.
• A small number of interactive and game-style components are still being refined for keyboard and assistive technology use.
• We have not yet completed an independent, formal accessibility audit, so this statement reflects our own ongoing testing rather than a certified result.

We are actively working through these areas, and we will keep this statement up to date as we make progress. If something does not work for you or your child, please tell us: real feedback is the fastest way for us to improve.

If you come across a part of SATS LION that is hard to use, or that does not work with your assistive technology, we want to hear about it. Please email hello@satslion.com and tell us what you were trying to do, what went wrong, and (if you can) the device, browser, or assistive technology you were using. The more detail you can give, the more quickly we can reproduce and fix the problem.

We read every accessibility report and aim to respond within a few working days. If your message is about a child's data or privacy rather than accessibility, you can also reach our data inbox at privacy@satslion.com.

We will review and update this statement as the product changes, as we test more widely, and as we resolve the limitations listed above. The "last updated" date at the top shows when we most recently revised it.