Site requirements – LocatED

Page not found – LocatED

News – LocatED

LocatED – The government-owned property company creating much-needed school places for thousands of children

Governance – LocatED

Careers – LocatED

Apprenticeships: Skills for Life – LocatED

News – Page 2 – LocatED

News – Page 5 – LocatED

Map of site requirements – LocatED

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>
```

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Title / URL	Issues
Site requirements – LocatEDwww.located.co.uk/sites/	7
Page not found – LocatEDwww.located.co.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	2
News – LocatEDwww.located.co.uk/news/	1
LocatED – The government-owned property company creating much-needed school places for thousands of childrenwww.located.co.uk/	1
Governance – LocatEDwww.located.co.uk/about-us/corporate-documents/	1
Careers – LocatEDwww.located.co.uk/join-us/current-vacancies/	1
Apprenticeships: Skills for Life – LocatEDwww.located.co.uk/apprenticeships-skills-for-life/	1
News – Page 2 – LocatEDwww.located.co.uk/news/page/2/	1
News – Page 5 – LocatEDwww.located.co.uk/news/page/5/	1
Map of site requirements – LocatEDwww.located.co.uk/sites/map-of-site-requirements/	1

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