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Report Summary

  • 42

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    61% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 75% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

nescot.ac.uk

Nescot College Surrey. College of Further and Higher Education | Nescot

Page Load Speed

4.7 sec in total

First Response

274 ms

Resources Loaded

4 sec

Page Rendered

392 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Nescot.ac.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 274 ms and then it took 4.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

nescot.ac.uk performance score

42

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

25/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.6 s

18/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.5 s

27/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value110 ms

97/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.618

10/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.8 s

13/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

nescot.ac.uk

274 ms

www.nescot.ac.uk

1399 ms

css

27 ms

bootstrap.css

250 ms

font-awesome.css

173 ms

Our browser made a total of 79 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 84% of them (66 requests) were addressed to the original Nescot.ac.uk, 3% (2 requests) were made to Maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.6 sec) belongs to the original domain Nescot.ac.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 692.9 kB (45%)

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

830.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Nescot.ac.uk main page is 1.5 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 671.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 61.1 kB

  • Original 74.8 kB
  • After minification 66.4 kB
  • After compression 13.7 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 8.4 kB, which is 11% 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 61.1 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 13.6 kB

  • Original 671.6 kB
  • After minification 658.1 kB

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. Nescot images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 332.1 kB

  • Original 441.6 kB
  • After minification 345.2 kB
  • After compression 109.5 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 332.1 kB or 75% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 286.1 kB

  • Original 335.2 kB
  • After minification 267.8 kB
  • After compression 49.1 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. Nescot.ac.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 286.1 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 33 (45%)

Requests Now

74

After Optimization

41

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 74 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Nescot. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 22 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 13 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

nescot.ac.uk

nescot.ac.uk

274 ms

www.nescot.ac.uk

www.nescot.ac.uk

1399 ms

css

css

27 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

250 ms

font-awesome.css

font-awesome.css

173 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

13 ms

owl.carousel.css

owl.carousel.css

171 ms

owl.theme.css

owl.theme.css

173 ms

magnific-popup.css

magnific-popup.css

173 ms

theme.css

theme.css

331 ms

theme-elements.css

theme-elements.css

339 ms

theme-animate.css

theme-animate.css

335 ms

theme-responsive.css

theme-responsive.css

337 ms

custom.css

custom.css

364 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

405 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

27 ms

plugins.js

plugins.js

337 ms

jquery.easing.js

jquery.easing.js

338 ms

jquery.appear.js

jquery.appear.js

337 ms

jquery.cookie.js

jquery.cookie.js

336 ms

bootstrap.js

bootstrap.js

367 ms

twitter.js

twitter.js

419 ms

jquery.themepunch.plugins.min.js

jquery.themepunch.plugins.min.js

584 ms

jquery.themepunch.revolution.js

jquery.themepunch.revolution.js

588 ms

owl.carousel.js

owl.carousel.js

503 ms

jquery.flipshow.js

jquery.flipshow.js

502 ms

magnific-popup.js

magnific-popup.js

530 ms

jquery.validate.js

jquery.validate.js

584 ms

view.home.js

view.home.js

666 ms

theme.js

theme.js

666 ms

custom.js

custom.js

693 ms

fluidvids.js

fluidvids.js

716 ms

custom2.css

custom2.css

551 ms

logo.png

logo.png

190 ms

00034_1200X480_Adult_Open_Evening_Banner_IC1.gif

00034_1200X480_Adult_Open_Evening_Banner_IC1.gif

504 ms

New_catering_courses_at_Nescot_launching_2016.jpg

New_catering_courses_at_Nescot_launching_2016.jpg

420 ms

HomepageHeaderOPENEVEoct2015-3.jpg

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340 ms

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HomepageHeaderNOV2014-4.jpg

341 ms

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423 ms

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494 ms

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591 ms

DSC_9514W.jpg

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596 ms

AppMentoringW.jpg

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708 ms

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714 ms

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744 ms

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753 ms

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839 ms

CKPApril%20start.gif

CKPApril%20start.gif

842 ms

PODStemplateNEWwebsiteOCT2014-1.jpg

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951 ms

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878 ms

PODStemplateNEWwebsiteOCT2014-5.jpg

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907 ms

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NextGEN_Academy_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

919 ms

Epsom_Motor_Academy_in_partnership_with_Shelley_Motors_logos_homepage.gif

Epsom_Motor_Academy_in_partnership_with_Shelley_Motors_logos_homepage.gif

1007 ms

Francesco_Academy_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

Francesco_Academy_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

1008 ms

Catering_Academy_in_partnership_with_LERAJ_logos_homepage.gif

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1045 ms

Kingston_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

Kingston_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

1081 ms

University_of_Greenwich_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

University_of_Greenwich_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

1082 ms

QAA_logos_homepage.gif

QAA_logos_homepage.gif

1120 ms

Apprenticeships_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

Apprenticeships_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

1167 ms

CityandGuilds_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

CityandGuilds_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

1169 ms

BTEC_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

BTEC_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

1208 ms

Matrix_-accreditation_logos_homepage.gif

Matrix_-accreditation_logos_homepage.gif

1244 ms

Traineeship_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

Traineeship_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

1246 ms

Skills_Funding_Agency_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

Skills_Funding_Agency_Partner_logos_homepage.gif

1283 ms

ESF_logos_homepage.gif

ESF_logos_homepage.gif

1331 ms

nescot-map.jpg

nescot-map.jpg

1586 ms

logo-footer.png

logo-footer.png

1373 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

139 ms

social-sprites.png

social-sprites.png

1391 ms

ga.js

ga.js

16 ms

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10 ms

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1432 ms

conversion_async.js

conversion_async.js

35 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

137 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

15 ms

46 ms

collect

collect

74 ms

35 ms

93 ms

Accessibility Review

nescot.ac.uk accessibility score

90

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

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.

Best Practices

nescot.ac.uk best practices score

83

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

SEO Factors

nescot.ac.uk SEO score

86

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Nescot.ac.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Nescot.ac.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

nescot.ac.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Nescot. 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: