Askel works the way your students read.
Students can change how Askel looks, using Display: colours, text size, fonts, spacing and more. Designed to meet WCAG 2.2 AA, the accessibility standard the UK government requires for public sector websites and apps.
What you can change.
Built in, not bolted on.
- Everything works with a keyboard, with a skip link and a clear focus ring.
- Real headings and labels for screen readers. Works with the tools students already use, like NVDA, VoiceOver and Narrator.
- Every status has a shape and a word, so colour is never the only signal.
- Buttons and links are at least 24 pixels, and 44 on touch screens.
- Form labels are always visible. Errors say what’s wrong, next to the field.
- Motion can be turned off. The line then appears in its final state.
The standard.
Designed to meet WCAG 2.2 AA.
WCAG is the international standard for accessible websites and apps, and the UK government requires WCAG 2.2 AA for public sector websites and apps. We’ll say “meets” only after an independent check.
For SENCos.
Display settings change how Askel looks, not what the student writes. They are not exam access arrangements. A student’s agreed access arrangements are still managed by the school’s SENCo and exams officer.
Each student sets Display for themselves. In the app, their settings follow them to any device.
For buyers.
Try it.
These are the same options as the Display menu in the header. Changes here only affect this preview, and nothing is saved.
From first idea to hand-in, on the record.
- Prepare
- Show
- Notice
- Resolve
- Prove
AI tools, like ChatGPT, can now write an essay in seconds. So the exam rules changed in September 2026. Teachers must now sign to say they did all they reasonably could to stop students passing off AI work as their own, and that they wrote down any help they gave.