The Education and Training Foundation has agreed to repay £6.2 million to the government following a dispute over a T Levels contract.
The charity benefitted from a huge, unexpected surplus on its T Level Professional Development (TLPD) programme between 2019 and 2022 because costs were much lower during the pandemic, when most of the scheme was delivered online.
Department for Education officials argued that the ETF should return up to £7.5 million but could not challenge this legally because the contract requirements had been delivered.
The ETF sought legal advice and pushed back claiming it should only repay £1.5 million.
