Goodwin Housing – Goodwin Development Trust

Goodwin Development Trust

The Turf Youth Club – Goodwin Development Trust

Staff Information – Goodwin Development Trust

Housing & Buildings – Goodwin Development Trust

Page not found – Goodwin Development Trust

Health and Wellbeing – Goodwin Development Trust

Fenchurch and Octagon Family Hubs – Goodwin Development Trust

Our Community – Goodwin Development Trust

Commercial Tenants – Goodwin Development Trust

People using screen readers are not able to see the layout of a form. To make forms
accessible, they must define explicit text labels for each form control. 

Usually the best solution is to use a `<label>` element. The label may be linked to 
by the form control:

```html
<label for="name">Full name</label>
<input type="name" id="name">
```

or the `<label>` can be wrapped around the form control:

```html
<label>
    Full name <input type="name">
</label>
```

Buttons are different, as their labels are specified by the code for the button, e.g.

```html
<input type="submit" value="Send message">
<button>Send message</button>
```

Alternatively ARIA attributes, such as `aria-label` may be used, but this information
will not be conveyed to visual users. For more information, see [W3C's guide to labeling controls](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/).

Hidden input fields (`<input type="hidden">`) do not require labels.
Note that the `placeholder` attribute 
[should not be used as an alternative to a label](https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sec-forms.html#the-placeholder-attribute),
nor should the `title` attribute.

## Custom roles

Note that this check considers the underlying accessible role of an element, which can be 
different from the tag itself.

For example, this `<div>` has a `role` of `button`, and so is expected to have a label, like
a button would.

```html
<div role="button"></div>
```

form-control-labels

September 2025

August 2025

	Title / URL	Issues
	Goodwin Housing – Goodwin Development Trustgoodwintrust.org/housing-buildings/goodwin-housing/	3
	Goodwin Development Trustgoodwintrust.org/	1
	The Turf Youth Club – Goodwin Development Trustgoodwintrust.org/children-young-people%e2%80%8b/the-turf-youth-club/	1
	Staff Information – Goodwin Development Trustgoodwintrust.org/dannys-dream/staff-information/	1
	Housing & Buildings – Goodwin Development Trustgoodwintrust.org/housing-buildings/	1
	Page not found – Goodwin Development Trustgoodwintrust.org/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	Health and Wellbeing – Goodwin Development Trustgoodwintrust.org/health-and-wellbeing/	1
	Fenchurch and Octagon Family Hubs – Goodwin Development Trustgoodwintrust.org/children-young-people%e2%80%8b/family-hubs/	1
	Our Community – Goodwin Development Trustgoodwintrust.org/our-community/	1
	Commercial Tenants – Goodwin Development Trustgoodwintrust.org/commercial-tenants/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Goodwin Development Trust

Where this issue has occurred