"The Times Educational Supplement is a tremendous title. It is teachers’ first source of news about education, teaching and their lives in the classroom as well as advice and information about their careers.

"Although the product has evolved over time in response to reader requirements there has been little deep analysis of readers’ needs for some time. Over the past few months, TES has conducted detailed research into teachers’ views on our product, what they like and don’t like and where else they go for news, information and advice.

"That gave us a very clear understanding of what teachers and educationalists wanted from their weekly newspaper. Teachers’ lives are busy – all day, every day. They want a newsy, interesting paper that’s easy to navigate and interesting to read. It needs to have the detail behind education news so that those in the sector can find quickly how issues will practically affect them. And it needs to celebrate teachers’ successes as well as reporting on their problems. But teachers want more.

"They want a magazine that mixes professional issues with how teachers manage their lives. It should be relevant and upbeat with features on the subjects that really matter to teachers in their life at work. The new TES will deliver all this and more.

"We’re now well advanced with our plans to launch a new TES in the autumn term. "The new TES will comprise a modern, redesigned newspaper with strong news and features content and a glossy, modern magazine, (plus new, full colour, jobs sections). The new TES will be a trusted source of news, information and advice for teachers and the education community and will provide an unrivalled service in print and online for education professionals and advertisers.

"The new full colour format will enable us to offer full colour to readers and advertisers throughout the paper for the first time.

"The paper will continue to be first with education news and will explain and analyse what matters to teachers and the education community and why. There will be new content relevant to teachers’ careers and professional lives, including incisive columns and dedicated sections, and it will be easier to find.

"The new magazine will combine the personal and professional sides of teachers’ lives and complement the main paper by appealing to those who want more than hard news, with features and insights into teachers’ working lives. There will be new specialist sections that will be relevant without being hard work, upbeat without being unreal.

"Our online presence will be greatly strengthened - with new content and resources, better navigation, an enhanced jobs site and better ease of access for advertisers and for job seekers.

"We will create a compelling, competitive, integrated print and online advertising proposition which offers added value services to the market. We will strengthen our ties to advertisers and build new relationships with the education sector and those who want to do business with it. By improving our product we’ll offer advertisers a more effective route to their market and build a more loyal readership."

"This is a hugely exciting time for TES and a great opportunity to update the paper and tailor it exactly to what every teacher wants every week. Teachers really need to be informed about their profession but they also want to be entertained. I want TES to be at the heart of the education community – where it should be. I am very encouraged that the company is investing so heavily in the future of TES."