Will Jordan

Co-Founder, IMP Software

Will Jordan FCCA has worked with academies and multi academy trusts since the first ‘phase two’ academies opened in September 2010. As a qualified accountant and financial technology specialist, Will now works with established multi academy trusts to strengthen their financial planning and reporting processes by replacing legacy software with multi academy trust-specific, agile tools.

Hall 9

1 Series four

GAG pooling: Driving fairness, resilience, and strategic impact

With rising costs and tightening budgets, some trusts are exploring GAG pooling as a way to build financial resilience and ensure equity across their academies. In this session, trust leaders will share their respective approaches – from equalising pension rates and centralising services, to using pooled reserves to support vulnerable schools and invest in shared priorities. We’ll discuss practical insights into how it works for them, the benefits it has the potential to unlock, and how to manage the cultural and leadership challenges along the way. Whether you are considering GAG pooling or looking to refine your existing approach, this session will help you think strategically and act confidently.

Hall 1

1 Series one

The 2025 MAT Financial Benchmarking Report: Exploring sector-wide trends

Discover sector-wide insights from IMP Software’s 2025 MAT Financial Benchmarking Report, published in partnership with CST. Created from the budget assumptions of 274 trusts and 3,300+ schools, this session will examine key trends in the report. IMP Software’s Chief Executive Will Jordan will also explore the varied approaches trusts are taking to navigate budget challenges over the medium and long term, including staffing ratios, GAG and reserves pooling, and special schools, with a deep dive into the size and shape of multi-academy trust finance functions.

1 Workshop series two

Avoiding school management via spreadsheets: How Ebor Academy Trust use ICFP to enable objective staff planning

In IMP Software's recent CFO insight survey, “struggling to get buy-in from headteachers” was one of the main challenges that was found to be holding CFOs back from implementing trust-wide ICFP. In this session Andrew Robinson, CFO at Ebor Academy Trust and Donna Bedford, Headteacher at Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy, will outline how they have ensured a collaborative approach to ICFP alongside their headteachers, which enables resources to be targeted to school priorities whilst also ensuring a sustainable staffing model that is driven by educational need.