diff --git a/app/templates/views/check.html b/app/templates/views/check.html
index b8880fe30..6c4873a7d 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/check.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/check.html
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@
     recipients.initial_annotated_rows_with_errors if row_errors and not recipients.missing_column_headers else recipients.initial_annotated_rows,
     caption=original_file_name,
     caption_visible=False,
-    field_headings=['1'] + recipients.column_headers
+    field_headings=[
+      '<span class="visually-hidden">Row in file</span><span aria-hidden="true">1</span>'|safe
+    ] + recipients.column_headers
   ) %}
     {{ index_field(item.index + 2) }}
     {% for column in recipients.column_headers %}