The Department for Education has settled a contract dispute it had with the Ambition Institute over the award of the flagship £121 million Institute of Teaching contract.
Schools Week revealed Ambition – a largely government-funded teacher training charity – had launched legal action after losing out on the contract. A consortium of four leading trusts won.
The charity wanted the contract to be revoked and handed to them, or to be paid £750,000 in damages for “wasted costs”.
The DfE has now settled the case. It is not known the sum agreed, and it is likely the case will be covered by a non-disclosure agreement.
