The
Times Educational Supplement
(TES) is a weekly UK
publication covering the world of primary, secondary and further education, as well as teaching job vacancies.
History
The Times Educational Supplement was first published in 1910 as a
pull-out supplement in
The Times
newspaper. Such was its popularity that in 1914, the supplement
became an independent weekly publication selling for 1
penny.
TES covered
higher education until
the
Times Higher
Education Supplement was launched as a sister publication
in 1971. By 1999, a separate group of
News International -
Times
Supplements Limited - was restructured to create
TSL Education Ltd, at this stage also
publishing the
Times Higher Education Supplement, and
Nursery World. In October 2005, the group was sold to
Exponent, a private equity
group, who in turn sold it to Charterhouse in May 2007. November
2006 saw a re-launch of the newspaper's appearance and content,
both
offline and
online, as it became a full-colour publication in its
print version.
Today
The Editor is Gerard Kelly and the deputy editor is Alan Thomson.
Alternative versions of the publication are
produced for Wales
and Scotland
, named
TES Cymru (edited by Nicola Porter) and
TESS (edited by Neil Munro)
respectively.
The newspaper continues to be published weekly on Fridays, at a
cover price of £1.50. It has continued to combine its print
publication with its online presence, particularly in connection
with its employment vacancies.
Circulation figures for the first half of
show an average net circulation per issue of 57,714, with 98.2% of
these being sold in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
. Data from the National Readership Survey
suggests that average monthly readership is around 397,000, of
which around 90% are in the
ABC1
category.
The TES website is now split into distinct sections, including
'Community', 'Jobs' and 'Resources'. Community contains Staffroom
forums. Jobs is home to all the vacancies listed in the TES paper
and is updated daily. In the Resource section there is the Resource
Bank in which teachers upload classroom resources (lesson plans,
PowerPoint presentations, IWB resources, etc.) to share with other
teachers. The Review Bank is home to a database of educational
products (books, software, classroom equipment). An electronic
archive of TES news articles relating to education and published
since 1994 is also available.
The TES has published a succession of colour magazines supporting
the newspaper - starting with Primary which was later spun off to
become a free standing title under the editorship of Diane Hofkins,
then Teacher and Friday and now The TES Colour Magazine.
References
See also
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