Accessibility and learning support
Children learn in different ways. Revision Ladder has settings and features that support learners with dyslexia, autism, ADHD, dyspraxia and sight difficulties. They are free on every plan.
Dyslexia and reading difficulties
Every learner can change how the site looks from the display settings (the cog in the header), and it is remembered on that device.
- Text style: standard (Lexend, a font designed for easy reading), Arial or OpenDyslexic.
- A dyslexia-friendly mode with wider spacing and larger text.
- Background colour: cream, soft blue, soft green or soft pink, for learners who find white glare hard to read.
- Read-aloud on questions, with the words highlighted as they are spoken.
Autism: calm mode
A parent can switch on calm mode for a child ("Calm, low-distraction layout") when adding or editing their profile. It changes how learning is presented, not what is taught.
- No animations, leagues, timed papers, streaks or badge pop-ups.
- Nothing starts or moves on by itself: flashcards and quizzes wait for a button press.
- A short note before each practice round saying what will happen next.
- Slower read-aloud speech.
ADHD and focus
Short, chunked sessions with clear progress. A parent chooses what suits each child under "How does this learner learn best?" when adding or editing their profile. None of it changes the questions or their difficulty.
- Practice length: rounds of 5, 10, 15 or 20 questions, or the child chooses at the start of each round. After every round the child can stop for now or keep going for another round.
- Today's 10 can be shown in parts (for example two sets of 5), with a stopping point between them.
- Break reminders every 10, 15, 20 or 30 minutes, or off. The parent sets a default for the child, and the child can change it for their own device in display settings.
- Optional: no time pressure (generated practice papers get no countdown), hide leagues, streaks and other competition, and slower read-aloud.
- A progress bar split into one segment per question.
Dyspraxia and motor needs
Everything works from the keyboard and is easy to hit on a touchscreen.
- Buttons, answer choices and text fields are at least 44 pixels tall.
- Full keyboard navigation, a visible focus outline and a skip-to-content link.
- Speak your answer: on writing tasks and working boxes, children can dictate instead of typing. This needs a browser with speech recognition (Chrome, Edge or Safari) and only starts when the child presses the button.
- Long answers and timed papers save automatically.
Sight and screen use
Text and colour can be adjusted without losing the layout.
- Text size up to 200%, checked on a phone-sized screen with no sideways scrolling.
- High contrast mode, and light and dark themes.
- Headings, labels and buttons are built with standard page structure so screen readers can follow them.
What to know
- These features support learning; they are not a diagnosis or a substitute for support from your child's school or specialist.
- Speech-to-text uses your browser's own speech service, which on most browsers sends the audio to the browser's maker to turn it into text.
- We are still improving. Visual maths tools such as number lines and bar models, and visual timetables, are not built yet.
If something does not work for your child, tell us and we will look at it.