Using the timeline as evidence

A well-maintained timeline is one of the most powerful documents you can bring to an annual review, an EHCP assessment meeting, or a tribunal. It demonstrates a consistent pattern of need, professional involvement, and, where relevant, failures by the authority to act.

Exporting your timeline

From the Timeline view, select Export to generate a PDF summary of your child's case history. The export includes:

• All appointments logged during the selected date range
• All interactions logged during the selected date range
• Confirmed insight events from the selected period
• A chronological list ordered by date

You can filter the export by date range and by event type (appointments only, all events, etc.).

How to present the timeline at a meeting

Print or share a PDF export before an annual review. At the meeting:

1. Use it to structure your contribution: "As you can see from the timeline, our OT assessment was in March 2024, the school review was in May, and the LA has not responded to our request from June."
2. Point to specific dates: exact dates are harder to dispute than general recollections
3. Highlight gaps: if there is a clear gap in professional contact, point to it directly

Using the timeline at tribunal

At a SEND Tribunal, your timeline serves as your chronological witness statement. Your representative or solicitor will typically want:

• A complete chronology from diagnosis (or first concern) to the current date
• Every professional contact and its outcome
• Every communication with the LA and their responses
• Dates of every EHCP document (request, assessment, draft, final, any amendments)

A complete, dated timeline from the app, cross-referenced with uploaded documents, gives your representative a solid foundation to work from.