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Report Summary

  • 24

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    43% of other websites

  • 75

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

idealschools.co.uk

Accredited Online Bookkeeping Courses | Ideal Schools

Page Load Speed

5.4 sec in total

First Response

172 ms

Resources Loaded

4.6 sec

Page Rendered

587 ms

idealschools.co.uk screenshot

About Website

Visit idealschools.co.uk now to see the best up-to-date Ideal Schools content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about idealschools.co.uk

Discover how AAT student Katie Wright combined years of operational experience with bookkeeping and finance training to create new career opportunities while balancing family life.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Idealschools.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 172 ms and then it took 5.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

idealschools.co.uk performance score

24

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.7 s

5/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.8 s

7/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.4 s

5/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,160 ms

22/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.006

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value22.6 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

idealschools.co.uk

172 ms

www.idealschools.co.uk

688 ms

css

31 ms

css2

49 ms

common-old.css

175 ms

Our browser made a total of 87 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 91% of them (79 requests) were addressed to the original Idealschools.co.uk, 2% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Widget.trustpilot.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.9 sec) belongs to the original domain Idealschools.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.7 MB (22%)

Content Size

7.8 MB

After Optimization

6.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Idealschools.co.uk main page is 7.8 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 6.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 57.0 kB

  • Original 71.4 kB
  • After minification 59.7 kB
  • After compression 14.4 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 11.8 kB, which is 16% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 57.0 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 733.4 kB

  • Original 6.4 MB
  • After minification 5.7 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, Ideal Schools needs image optimization as it can save up to 733.4 kB or 11% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-65%

Potential reduce by 444.6 kB

  • Original 679.4 kB
  • After minification 534.7 kB
  • After compression 234.8 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 444.6 kB or 65% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 487.1 kB

  • Original 621.3 kB
  • After minification 609.6 kB
  • After compression 134.2 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Idealschools.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 487.1 kB or 78% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 44 (59%)

Requests Now

74

After Optimization

30

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 74 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ideal Schools. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 31 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 15 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

idealschools.co.uk

idealschools.co.uk

172 ms

www.idealschools.co.uk

www.idealschools.co.uk

688 ms

css

css

31 ms

css2

css2

49 ms

common-old.css

common-old.css

175 ms

common.ashx

common.ashx

719 ms

jquery.mmenu.positioning.css

jquery.mmenu.positioning.css

347 ms

jquery.fancybox.css

jquery.fancybox.css

354 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

jquery.bxslider.css

355 ms

styles.css

styles.css

443 ms

styles.css

styles.css

356 ms

navigation-bar.css

navigation-bar.css

436 ms

navigation-mm.css

navigation-mm.css

447 ms

old.css

old.css

448 ms

aos.css

aos.css

448 ms

fancybox.css

fancybox.css

526 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

808 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

825 ms

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

1008 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

897 ms

js

js

67 ms

jquery-1.8.2.min.js

jquery-1.8.2.min.js

714 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

30 ms

froogaloop2.min.js

froogaloop2.min.js

730 ms

underscore.1.8.3.min.js

underscore.1.8.3.min.js

805 ms

websitecommon.js

websitecommon.js

817 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

821 ms

jquery.etellectheight.js

jquery.etellectheight.js

834 ms

jquery.etellectlookup.js

jquery.etellectlookup.js

894 ms

jquery.etellectsmoothanchor.js

jquery.etellectsmoothanchor.js

908 ms

jquery.etellecttactile.js

jquery.etellecttactile.js

908 ms

jquery.etellectscrollfix.js

jquery.etellectscrollfix.js

910 ms

jquery.etellectfullscreenvideo.js

jquery.etellectfullscreenvideo.js

921 ms

jquery.fancybox.pack.js

jquery.fancybox.pack.js

984 ms

jquery.masonry.js

jquery.masonry.js

1007 ms

jquery.imagesloaded.js

jquery.imagesloaded.js

1001 ms

jquery.mmenu.min.js

jquery.mmenu.min.js

1002 ms

websitecommon.js

websitecommon.js

1008 ms

vue-2.5.13.js

vue-2.5.13.js

1110 ms

etellect.js

etellect.js

1076 ms

etellect.etrade.standard.js

etellect.etrade.standard.js

1266 ms

tp.widget.sync.bootstrap.min.js

tp.widget.sync.bootstrap.min.js

26 ms

element.js

element.js

46 ms

jquery.fitvids.js

jquery.fitvids.js

1094 ms

aos.js

aos.js

1006 ms

fancybox.umd.js

fancybox.umd.js

1008 ms

all.min.css

all.min.css

810 ms

trust-pilot-star.png

trust-pilot-star.png

111 ms

trust-pilot-logo.png

trust-pilot-logo.png

106 ms

logo.png

logo.png

219 ms

ideal-schools-journey.jpg

ideal-schools-journey.jpg

675 ms

provider-AAT.png

provider-AAT.png

105 ms

provider-ICB.png

provider-ICB.png

218 ms

provider-CPD.png

provider-CPD.png

332 ms

Student-Spotlight-Jayne-Clifford-Greening_809ba6.png

Student-Spotlight-Jayne-Clifford-Greening_809ba6.png

1338 ms

Practice-Showcase-Celtic-Bookkeeping_4a8206.png

Practice-Showcase-Celtic-Bookkeeping_4a8206.png

1281 ms

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934 ms

icon-phone.png

icon-phone.png

739 ms

icon-mail.png

icon-mail.png

765 ms

icon-chat.png

icon-chat.png

828 ms

provider-aat.png

provider-aat.png

851 ms

provider-icb.png

provider-icb.png

1075 ms

provider-cpd.png

provider-cpd.png

935 ms

logo-white.png

logo-white.png

1027 ms

ciob.png

ciob.png

1024 ms

citb.png

citb.png

1113 ms

sqa.png

sqa.png

1114 ms

iosh.png

iosh.png

1163 ms

skillsdevscot.png

skillsdevscot.png

1166 ms

footer-payment-logos.png

footer-payment-logos.png

1203 ms

powered-by-etellect.png

powered-by-etellect.png

1202 ms

menu.png

menu.png

1207 ms

home-student-1.jpg

home-student-1.jpg

1215 ms

home-student-3.jpg

home-student-3.jpg

1246 ms

home-student-5.jpg

home-student-5.jpg

1248 ms

background-primary.jpg

background-primary.jpg

1873 ms

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1000_F_168868695_RZQT0F8w9oE5XU073a66DnlBuLZVbRZs_b1672c.jpg

1309 ms

ideal-background_fc6b79.jpg

ideal-background_fc6b79.jpg

1407 ms

footer-bg.png

footer-bg.png

1336 ms

fa-brands-400.ttf

fa-brands-400.ttf

1389 ms

fa-solid-900.ttf

fa-solid-900.ttf

1618 ms

fa-regular-400.ttf

fa-regular-400.ttf

1650 ms

fa-light-300.ttf

fa-light-300.ttf

1718 ms

fa-thin-100.ttf

fa-thin-100.ttf

1769 ms

PbytFmztEwbIofe6xKERQQ.ttf

PbytFmztEwbIofe6xKERQQ.ttf

120 ms

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

54 ms

Accessibility Review

idealschools.co.uk accessibility score

75

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

idealschools.co.uk best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

idealschools.co.uk SEO score

83

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Idealschools.co.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Idealschools.co.uk main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

idealschools.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Ideal Schools. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: