Company history
TSL is an extraordinary story which includes one of the fastest-growing, digital communities of any profession anywhere as well as a 100 year old print heritage. Today, with over 1.5 million registered online users in over 196 countries it is the largest online network of teachers in the world. It is now a privately-owned, PE-backed company.
We believe that investment in our products and in the teacher community makes good business sense as well as being critical to the future of the education system and those who work tirelessly to educate children and students all over the world. Spanning the full range of education from Primary to Higher, the company has grown and changed hugely since it was born in 1910 as a simple supplement to a national daily newspaper.
- 2011 The TES resource bank becomes the largest online network of teachers in the world
- 2011 TES relaunches as a glossy magazine with a professional CPD supplement
- 2011 TES Scotland relaunches as a glossy magazine
- 2010 TSL acquires BrightSpark online tutoring
- 2009 TSL launches HireWire, a free digital recruitment tool for schools
- 2008 TSL acquires iBoard and EnglishResouces.com to help develop the online resource bank
- TSL Education acquires Education Data Surveys (EDS)
- Times Higher Education Supplement relaunches as a glossy magazine called the THE
- Charterhouse Capital Partners acquires TSL Education
- 2006 TES Scotland spins out as a stand alone weekly Scottish publication
- 2006 TES paper redesigned and with a new magazine
- 2006 The TES Connect website is launched with a new platform for teachers to share resources
- 2005 Exponet acquires TSL Education from News International
- 1999 Times Supplements Ltd changes its name to TSL Education Ltd
- 1989 Times Supplements Ltd is created to run the two educational titles and the TLS
- 1981 News Corporation buys Times Newspapers Ltd
- 1971 The Times Higher Education (THE) is launched by The Thomson Organisation, owner of The Times
- 1914 TLS and TES became stand-alone titles published weekly for the price of 1p.
- 1910 The Times Educational Supplement (TES) first published
- 1902 The Times Literary Supplement (TLS) is launched as a free insert in The Times newspaper