diff --git a/lib/form/templates/element-advcheckbox.mustache b/lib/form/templates/element-advcheckbox.mustache
index 24dc981ae38..0993261bd07 100644
--- a/lib/form/templates/element-advcheckbox.mustache
+++ b/lib/form/templates/element-advcheckbox.mustache
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
             {{/text}}
             <div class="ms-2 d-flex align-items-center align-self-start">
                 {{#required}}
-                    <div class="text-danger" title="{{#str}}required{{/str}}">
-                    {{#pix}}req, core, {{#str}}required{{/str}}{{/pix}}
+                    <div class="text-danger" title="{{#str}}required{{/str}}" aria-hidden="true">
+                        {{#pix}}req, core{{/pix}}
                     </div>
                 {{/required}}
                 {{{helpbutton}}}
diff --git a/lib/form/templates/element-checkbox.mustache b/lib/form/templates/element-checkbox.mustache
index 8268d369019..16035cac0da 100644
--- a/lib/form/templates/element-checkbox.mustache
+++ b/lib/form/templates/element-checkbox.mustache
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
             {{/text}}
             <div class="ms-2 d-flex align-items-center align-self-start">
                 {{#required}}
-                    <div class="text-danger" title="{{#str}}required{{/str}}">
-                    {{#pix}}req, core, {{#str}}required{{/str}}{{/pix}}
+                    <div class="text-danger" title="{{#str}}required{{/str}}" aria-hidden="true">
+                        {{#pix}}req, core{{/pix}}
                     </div>
                 {{/required}}
                 {{{helpbutton}}}
diff --git a/lib/form/templates/element-radio.mustache b/lib/form/templates/element-radio.mustache
index bb9db253d83..86e0d5280ad 100644
--- a/lib/form/templates/element-radio.mustache
+++ b/lib/form/templates/element-radio.mustache
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
                 </label>
                 <div class="ms-2 d-flex align-items-center align-self-start">
                     {{#required}}
-                        <div class="text-danger" title="{{#str}}required{{/str}}">
-                        {{#pix}}req, core, {{#str}}required{{/str}}{{/pix}}
+                        <div class="text-danger" title="{{#str}}required{{/str}}" aria-hidden="true">
+                            {{#pix}}req, core{{/pix}}
                         </div>
                     {{/required}}
                     {{{helpbutton}}}
diff --git a/lib/form/templates/element-template.mustache b/lib/form/templates/element-template.mustache
index 83abf802c01..2043ae8b529 100644
--- a/lib/form/templates/element-template.mustache
+++ b/lib/form/templates/element-template.mustache
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
         {{/ label }}{{/ label}}
         <div class="form-label-addon d-flex align-items-center align-self-start">
             {{#required}}
-                <div class="text-danger" title="{{#str}}required{{/str}}">
-                {{#pix}}req, core, {{#str}}required{{/str}}{{/pix}}
+                <div class="text-danger" title="{{#str}}required{{/str}}" aria-hidden="true">
+                    {{#pix}}req, core{{/pix}}
                 </div>
             {{/required}}
             {{{helpbutton}}}
diff --git a/lib/formslib.php b/lib/formslib.php
index a29ce7edb2d..6d5c48bebf7 100644
--- a/lib/formslib.php
+++ b/lib/formslib.php
@@ -1776,7 +1776,17 @@ class MoodleQuickForm extends HTML_QuickForm_DHTMLRulesTableless {
         }
         $this->_reqHTML = '<span class="req">' . $OUTPUT->pix_icon('req', get_string('requiredelement', 'form')) . '</span>';
         $this->_advancedHTML = '<span class="adv">' . $OUTPUT->pix_icon('adv', get_string('advancedelement', 'form')) . '</span>';
-        $this->setRequiredNote(get_string('somefieldsrequired', 'form', $OUTPUT->pix_icon('req', get_string('requiredelement', 'form'))));
+        $this->setRequiredNote(
+            get_string(
+                identifier: 'somefieldsrequired',
+                component: 'form',
+                a: $OUTPUT->pix_icon(
+                    pix: 'req',
+                    alt: get_string('requiredelement', 'form'),
+                    attributes: ['aria-hidden' => 'true'],
+                ),
+            ),
+        );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -3194,7 +3204,7 @@ class MoodleQuickForm_Renderer extends HTML_QuickForm_Renderer_Tableless{
 
     /** @var string Required Note template string */
     var $_requiredNoteTemplate =
-        "\n\t\t<div class=\"fdescription required\">{requiredNote}</div>";
+        "\n\t\t<div class=\"fdescription required\" aria-hidden=\"true\">{requiredNote}</div>";
 
     /**
      * Collapsible buttons string template.
diff --git a/lib/templates/pix_icon_fontawesome.mustache b/lib/templates/pix_icon_fontawesome.mustache
index 50876e3ae2f..48ef8466ede 100644
--- a/lib/templates/pix_icon_fontawesome.mustache
+++ b/lib/templates/pix_icon_fontawesome.mustache
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     * pix
     * title
     * extraclasses
+    * aria-hidden - whether the icon is hidden from assistive technologies
 
     Example context (json):
     {
@@ -38,12 +39,13 @@
         "title": "Meh",
         "alt": "Meh Meh",
         "extraclasses": "fa-spin",
-        "unmappedIcon": false
+        "unmappedIcon": false,
+        "aria-hidden": false
     }
 
 }}
 {{^unmappedIcon}}
-<i class="icon {{key}} fa-fw {{extraclasses}}" {{#aria-hidden}}aria-hidden="true"{{/aria-hidden}} {{#title}}title="{{title}}"{{/title}} {{#alt}}role="img" aria-label="{{alt}}"{{/alt}}></i>
+<i class="icon {{key}} fa-fw {{extraclasses}}"{{#aria-hidden}} aria-hidden="true"{{/aria-hidden}} {{#title}} title="{{title}}"{{/title}}{{^aria-hidden}}{{#alt}} role="img" aria-label="{{alt}}"{{/alt}}{{/aria-hidden}}></i>
 {{/unmappedIcon}}
 {{#unmappedIcon}}
 {{! We cannot include the pix_icon template directly here because we don't have all the mustache helpers loaded. }}