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Report Summary

  • 10

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    23% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 68% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

ctc.ac.uk

ctc London

Page Load Speed

8.8 sec in total

First Response

2.3 sec

Resources Loaded

5.2 sec

Page Rendered

1.3 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ctc.ac.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 2.3 sec and then it took 6.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ctc.ac.uk performance score

10

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value10.9 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value29.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value19.2 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,090 ms

24/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.472

18/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value29.1 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ctc.ac.uk

2325 ms

font-gordita.min.css

323 ms

fontawesome-all.min.css

732 ms

swiper.min.css

327 ms

style.min.css

941 ms

Our browser made a total of 78 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 97% of them (76 requests) were addressed to the original Ctc.ac.uk, 1% (1 request) were made to Google.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Ctc.ac.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.9 MB (43%)

Content Size

4.5 MB

After Optimization

2.6 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ctc.ac.uk main page is 4.5 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 346.2 kB

  • Original 468.6 kB
  • After minification 461.1 kB
  • After compression 122.4 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. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 346.2 kB or 74% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 9.8 kB

  • Original 2.1 MB
  • After minification 2.1 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. Ctc images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 632.0 kB

  • Original 869.3 kB
  • After minification 811.6 kB
  • After compression 237.3 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 632.0 kB or 73% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 923.6 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 938.8 kB
  • After compression 136.5 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. Ctc.ac.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 923.6 kB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 54 (76%)

Requests Now

71

After Optimization

17

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 71 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ctc. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 42 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ctc.ac.uk

ctc.ac.uk

2325 ms

font-gordita.min.css

font-gordita.min.css

323 ms

fontawesome-all.min.css

fontawesome-all.min.css

732 ms

swiper.min.css

swiper.min.css

327 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

941 ms

perfect-scrollbar.min.css

perfect-scrollbar.min.css

319 ms

jquery.growl.min.css

jquery.growl.min.css

326 ms

elementor-icons.min.css

elementor-icons.min.css

332 ms

frontend-lite.min.css

frontend-lite.min.css

737 ms

post-22.css

post-22.css

439 ms

global.css

global.css

442 ms

post-2136.css

post-2136.css

758 ms

style.css

style.css

555 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

605 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

672 ms

lightgallery.min.css

lightgallery.min.css

249 ms

animations.min.css

animations.min.css

279 ms

intersection-observer.min.js

intersection-observer.min.js

304 ms

headroom.min.js

headroom.min.js

578 ms

waypoints.min.js

waypoints.min.js

578 ms

jquery.powertip.min.js

jquery.powertip.min.js

579 ms

jquery.smooth-scroll.min.js

jquery.smooth-scroll.min.js

580 ms

imagesloaded.min.js

imagesloaded.min.js

580 ms

swiper.min.js

swiper.min.js

580 ms

swiper-wrapper.min.js

swiper-wrapper.min.js

581 ms

jquery.smartmenus.min.js

jquery.smartmenus.min.js

581 ms

perfect-scrollbar.jquery.min.js

perfect-scrollbar.jquery.min.js

582 ms

jquery.growl.min.js

jquery.growl.min.js

581 ms

modal.min.js

modal.min.js

582 ms

nice-select.min.js

nice-select.min.js

585 ms

main.min.js

main.min.js

601 ms

jquery.validate.min.js

jquery.validate.min.js

597 ms

login.min.js

login.min.js

612 ms

index.js

index.js

620 ms

index.js

index.js

650 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

695 ms

api.js

api.js

38 ms

wp-polyfill.min.js

wp-polyfill.min.js

709 ms

index.js

index.js

713 ms

group-widget-carousel.js

group-widget-carousel.js

771 ms

lightgallery-all.min.js

lightgallery-all.min.js

773 ms

grid-query.js

grid-query.js

776 ms

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

805 ms

isotope.pkgd.js

isotope.pkgd.js

828 ms

packery-mode.pkgd.js

packery-mode.pkgd.js

826 ms

grid-layout.min.js

grid-layout.min.js

773 ms

widget-grid-post.js

widget-grid-post.js

734 ms

webpack.runtime.min.js

webpack.runtime.min.js

735 ms

frontend-modules.min.js

frontend-modules.min.js

742 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

699 ms

frontend.min.js

frontend.min.js

696 ms

anime.min.js

anime.min.js

686 ms

vertical-carousel-3d.js

vertical-carousel-3d.js

692 ms

widget-testimonial-carousel-3d.js

widget-testimonial-carousel-3d.js

694 ms

jquery.countTo.min.js

jquery.countTo.min.js

468 ms

widget-counter.js

widget-counter.js

485 ms

logo-200x99.png

logo-200x99.png

548 ms

JR20161018_CTC_Various-129_11zon-scaled.jpg

JR20161018_CTC_Various-129_11zon-scaled.jpg

1012 ms

DSC_3011_11zon.jpg

DSC_3011_11zon.jpg

555 ms

JR20161018_CTC_Various-115_11zon-scaled.jpg

JR20161018_CTC_Various-115_11zon-scaled.jpg

893 ms

homepage.jpg

homepage.jpg

582 ms

section-take-a-quiz-bg.png

section-take-a-quiz-bg.png

593 ms

CIFE-2023-cropped-480x480.jpg

CIFE-2023-cropped-480x480.jpg

595 ms

BO2022-480x480.jpg

BO2022-480x480.jpg

624 ms

background.jpg

background.jpg

699 ms

Gordita-Medium.ttf

Gordita-Medium.ttf

802 ms

Gordita-Regular.ttf

Gordita-Regular.ttf

691 ms

Gordita-Bold.ttf

Gordita-Bold.ttf

732 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

808 ms

fa-light-300.woff

fa-light-300.woff

798 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

852 ms

placeholder.png

placeholder.png

865 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

24 ms

dark-simple-logo.png

dark-simple-logo.png

821 ms

ctcukimages-9-scaled-qotn21i8mam7qm5nqcva731qca42zxb7ww9kr0q7b8.jpg

ctcukimages-9-scaled-qotn21i8mam7qm5nqcva731qca42zxb7ww9kr0q7b8.jpg

806 ms

ctcukimages-19-scaled-qotn1xqvuyh2g6b4cb8rx3zvyqmm54wakdnmtwvs04.jpg

ctcukimages-19-scaled-qotn1xqvuyh2g6b4cb8rx3zvyqmm54wakdnmtwvs04.jpg

827 ms

light-close.png

light-close.png

791 ms

logo.png

logo.png

840 ms

Accessibility Review

ctc.ac.uk accessibility score

88

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Best Practices

ctc.ac.uk best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

ctc.ac.uk SEO score

79

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

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 Ctc.ac.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 Ctc.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

ctc.ac.uk

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