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 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, leadership pay, and 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.