diff --git a/app/views/schemes/index.html.erb b/app/views/schemes/index.html.erb
index a1a05ae1d..9bf12634f 100644
--- a/app/views/schemes/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/schemes/index.html.erb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 <%= render partial: "organisations/headings", locals: current_user.support? ? { main: "Supported housing services", sub: nil } : { main: "Supported housing services", sub: current_user.organisation.name } %>
 
+<h2 class="govuk-visually-hidden">Supported housing services</h2>
+
 <%= render SearchComponent.new(current_user:, search_label: "Search by service name or code", value: @searched) %>
 
 <hr class="govuk-section-break govuk-section-break--visible govuk-section-break--m">
diff --git a/spec/requests/schemes_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/schemes_controller_spec.rb
index 3f2e58d0b..35829d136 100644
--- a/spec/requests/schemes_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/schemes_controller_spec.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ RSpec.describe SchemesController, type: :request do
         expect(CGI.unescape_html(response.body)).to match("<strong>#{schemes.count}</strong> total schemes.")
       end
 
+      it "has hidden accebility field with description" do
+        expected_field = "<h2 class=\"govuk-visually-hidden\">Supported housing services</h2>"
+        expect(CGI.unescape_html(response.body)).to include(expected_field)
+      end
+
       context "when paginating over 20 results" do
         let(:total_schemes_count) { Scheme.count }