This release brings three improvements to IMP ICFP, with new guided workflows for setting up activities in Staff Allocation and Curriculum Planning, plus a new option to delete staff members directly from the Staff Allocation screen.

Setting up a new staff activity has traditionally meant a fair bit of screen-hopping. The Add Staff Activity wizard brings all of those steps into a single guided flow, so you can create a staff activity, its linked pupil activity, curriculum requirements, and (for option activities) option pupil numbers all in one go, without having to navigate away.

For trusts managing activities across multiple schools, the wizard is particularly handy. You can work across multiple schools and pupil groups in a single pass, setting a shared default where schools have the same requirements and adjusting individual exceptions where they differ.

You'll need the relevant edit permissions to see the Add button.

See further guidance in our Add Staff Activity Wizard guide.

The Add Pupil Activity wizard brings the same joined-up approach to Curriculum Planning. Rather than working through separate setup screens, you can create a new pupil activity, link it to an existing staff activity, assign it to schools and pupil groups, set curriculum requirements, and (for option activities) enter option pupil numbers, all from a single guided flow.

It is especially useful for trusts who need consistent activity setup across multiple schools, saving a lot of repeated navigation in the process.

You'll need the relevant edit permissions to see the Add button.

See further guidance in our Add Pupil Activity Wizard guide.

Tidying up your staff list just got a little easier. Where your permissions allow, you can now remove staff members who have no contracts attached directly from the Staff Allocation screen, without needing to go elsewhere.

ICFP will guide you through the process depending on the staff member's situation, letting you know if there is anything that needs resolving before the deletion can go ahead, and giving you a chance to review the impact before anything is removed.

See further guidance in our How to Delete a Staff Member Guide.

Please contact support@impsoftware.co.uk if you have any questions regarding any updates made to the system. Alternatively, please visit our Help Centre which contains guides, FAQs and articles on features within the system.

On 8 May 2026 the government set out methodology for FSM Expansion funding, full details can be found here:

We’ve built a Free School Meals Expansion Grant Calculator to help you estimate your allocation quickly and apply it across your Trust's budget with ease.

No manual row-by-row entry. Budget lines can be generated within the tool and imported straight into IMP Planner!

Access the tool & guidance here

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On 8th May the government set out methodology for FSM Expansion funding, full details can be found here:

We’re currently working hard on new calculators and guidance to support you. We’ll be in touch with an update very soon – watch this space!

Please contact support@impsoftware.co.uk if you have any questions regarding any updates made to the system. Alternatively, please visit our Help Centre which contains guides, FAQs and articles on features within the system

You can now control which users have access to specific document types, based on their assigned profile.

Previously, all document types were visible to all users with access to particular document type groups. With this change, administrators can restrict access at the document type level — ensuring users only see the document types relevant to their role.

Access is configured from the Document Types page, where you can assign one or more profiles to each document type. Document types with no matching profile assignment will be hidden entirely from those users.

This is particularly useful for trusts with distinct teams managing different procurement workflows, or where separation of responsibilities is required for audit and compliance purposes.

Please contact support@impsoftware.co.uk if you have any questions regarding any updates made to the system. Alternatively, please visit our Help Centre which contains guides, FAQs and articles on features within the system.

This release brings a new addition to Staff Allocation, giving you a clearer picture of teaching workload across your team.

Contact ratio is a valuable indicator of teaching workload, but until now it was only available at school level. Switch on the Contact Ratio column via the column visibility menu to see each staff member’s proportion of available teaching time spent in contact with pupils. Hover over any value to see how the figure is calculated, with a worked example shown for that staff member.

The column updates in real time as allocation changes are saved.

See further guidance on our Contact Ratio

Please contact support@impsoftware.co.uk if you have any questions regarding any updates made to the system. Alternatively, please visit our Help Centre which contains guides, FAQs and articles on features within the system.

We've redesigned the Invoice Export screen to make it easier to understand which invoices are ready to export to your finance system.

Each invoice now clearly displays its export status and whether it has passed 3-way matching, giving you full visibility of why an invoice may not be available for export.

We've updated our Privacy Notice to cover the full IMP Software product suite and reflect how we operate today.

You can read the updated notice here:

If you have any questions, please contact our Data Protection Officer at zanna.patchett@impsoftware.co.uk.

You can now view a summary of goods received notes that are awaiting receipt confirmation — where an invoice has been raised but the delivery hasn't yet been confirmed in the system.

To view this, go to the cog icon in the top right corner, and select Reports.

The Outstanding Receipts report gives you visibility of any GRNs sitting in this state, so your team can review and confirm receipt of goods promptly, keeping your purchase-to-pay process accurate and audit-ready.

Please contact support@impsoftware.co.uk if you have any questions regarding any updates made to the system. Alternatively, please visit our Help Centre which contains guides, FAQs and articles on features within the system

Our support platform upgrade is now complete. As of this morning, we're fully live on HubSpot Service Hub and everything is up and running.

— You can access our Knowledge Base from the same places within the platform as before, or directly at https://support.impsoftware.co.uk/kb

— It'll look slightly different but works just as it does now.

— If prompted to sign in when accessing the Knowledge Base, simply use your usual IMP username and password.

— You may notice our emails look a little different from today. Same team, same address, just a refreshed look.

Everything else works exactly as it did before. If you run into anything unexpected or have any questions at all, we're here to help. Just reply to this email or contact us at support@impsoftware.co.uk.

Thanks for your patience during the switchover.

The dashboard has been updated to show more detail on each of your document tiles.

Previously, each tile listed document references only. Each entry now shows the document reference, supplier or school name, value (inc. VAT), and date — giving you a clearer picture of what's in your queue without needing to open each document.

The header for each tile also now displays a total value across all listed documents, and a document type breakdown (e.g. PO, GRN, FIN) is shown at the foot of each tile.

No functionality has changed — everything works the same way as before.

Please contact support@impsoftware.co.uk if you have any questions regarding any updates made to the system. Alternatively, please visit our Help Centre which contains guides, FAQs and articles on features within the system