Times Educational Supplement
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
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| Format | Compact |
| Owner(s) | TPG Capital LLP |
| Publisher | TES Global |
| Editor | Ann Mroz |
| Founded | 1910 |
| Headquarters | London |
| Circulation | 58,007 (2014) |
| ISSN | 0040-7887 |
| Website | www |
TES, formerly known as the Times Educational Supplement, is a weekly UK publication aimed primarily at school teachers in the UK. It was first published in 1910 as a pull-out supplement in The Times newspaper. Such was its popularity that in 1914, the supplement became a separate publication selling for 1 penny.
TES focuses on school-related news and features. It covered higher education until the Times Higher Education Supplement (now Times Higher Education) was launched as a sister publication in 1971. Today its editor is Ann Mroz. Since 1964, an alternative version of the publication, TESS, has been produced for Scotland. An edition for Wales, TES Cymru, was also published between 2004 and 2011. All are produced by London-based company TES Global, which has been owned by US investment firm TPG Capital LLP since 2013.
TES is published weekly on Fridays, at a cover price of £2.90. Data from the National Readership Survey Jan–Dec 2012 suggested that the average yearly readership was around 362,000, of which around 90 per cent of the readership were in the ABC1 category.
The publication has developed a popular website featuring teaching jobs, forums, and classroom resources that are uploaded by teachers.
The idea for a regular section on education in The Times was first proposed in 1905 by J E G de Montmorency, a barrister and writer who later composed leader articles for The TES. The first issue of the monthly educational supplement appeared on September 6, 1910, opening with a witty weather forecast for the UK’s school systems. King George V had recently begun his reign, and the paper noted that “some great resettlement of the English school system seems likely to take place”.
Over its first decade, The TES established itself as a paper for teachers, though it was primarily aimed at those in private and grammar schools. However, it pressed for education reform from its early years, calling in 1913 for “Secondary Education for All”.
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