Action — steps Justify took (6) · Outcome — results achieved (10)
2020
- Apr 2020 · Action
Justify is founded
Registered with the Charity Commission.
- Aug 2020 · Action
First research report
“Off-rolling: Are Schools Rewriting History?” published.
2021
- Jan 2021 · Outcome
Independent review secured
Justify negotiates an independent, barrister-led review of SEND at a school.
2022
- Nov 2022 · Action
Hertfordshire SEND challenged
Ofsted/CQC area inspection finds “widespread and/or systemic failings”. Justify investigates and applies for judicial review.
2023
- Dec 2023 · Outcome
R (W) v Hertfordshire CC
[2023] EWHC 3138 (Admin). Declaration that HCC acted unlawfully by not finalising the EHC plan within the statutory period.
2024
- Jul 2024 · Outcome
Glenister review published
Independent review of HCC’s EHC needs assessment process: 17 recommendations.
- Aug 2024 · Outcome
Exclusion withdrawn
School withdraws the permanent exclusion of a client’s child after Justify intervenes.
2025
- Jan 2025 · Action
Evidence to Parliament
Written evidence (SEN 68) to the Commons Education Committee inquiry “Solving the SEND Crisis”.
- Sep 2025 · Outcome
Evidence cited by Parliament
Education Committee’s Fifth Report (HC 492) cites Justify’s evidence three times (paras 116, 212, 214).
- Sep 2025 · Outcome
Asylum objections withdrawn
Home Office withdraws its objections to a client’s asylum claim.
2026
- May 2026 · Action
SEND panels investigation
Investigation opened into local authority practices with SEND panels.
- Aug 2026 · Action
Court action begins
Proceedings brought against a local authority over unlawful SEND/EHCP practices.
- Jan 2026 · Outcome
R (W) followed by the High Court
R (JSC) v Cambridgeshire CC [2026] EWHC 68 (Admin): unlawful delay declared, relying on R (W) incl. its “hard edged legal duties” passage.
- Feb 2026 · Outcome
Shared care agreed
Justify negotiates a shared pattern of care between a mother and her children.
- Apr 2026 · Outcome
Charges dropped
Police drop the charges against a client after support from Justify.
- Sep 2026 · Outcome
Demolition demand withdrawn
Local authority withdraws its demand to demolish a client’s porch after Justify intervenes.
Client matters are anonymised. Underlined links open the public source for each entry.
Sources: Charity Commission register · Find Case Law (The National Archives) · UK Parliament Education Committee · Ofsted · Department for Education · Hertfordshire County Council