We power schools and enable great teaching worldwide, by creating intelligent online products and services to make the greatest difference in education.
We work together with teachers and schools to build trusted education solutions that help them to be the best they can be. From safeguarding and compliance, to staff and pupil management, our innovative and flexible software and services help teachers and school leaders worldwide to provide the best education to millions of children.
With more than 13 million educators in our community, and working relationships with 25,000 schools in over 100 countries, we have the experience to make a difference.
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What we do
Our range of software supports schools with timetabling, SEND provision, behaviour management, staff wellbeing and parents’ evenings.
Teachers all over the world find and share teaching materials on our resources platform, while our fully online Tes Magazine provides teachers and leaders with the latest education news, analysis, and teaching and learning research, anytime, anywhere.
Our recruitment services connect teachers and schools, helping educators to find their next role, and schools to find the talented staff they need.
And our training solutions help schools to develop and retain their trusted team, educators to progress in their careers, and everyone to keep up to date with the latest safeguarding knowledge.
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Our history
For more than 100 years, we’ve supported schools and been a champion of great teaching. As education is changing, so are we. We’ve grown to provide a wide range of software to help schools and students flourish.
1910
Tes first published as the Times Educational Supplement
1914
Tes becomes separate from The Times
1916
Tes becomes weekly
1923
Photos first appear in Tes
1964
Tes Scotland launches
1975
Tes sponsors the first schools’ prom
2009
Tes launches their online recruitment service
2015
Tes acquires leading digital teacher training company Hibernia College UK, which becomes Tes Institute
2015
Tes launches their open marketplace, which allows teachers to buy and sell teaching resources
2015
Tes news launches online
2016
Tes acquires Edukey, developer of Class Charts and Provision Map software
2017
Edukey wins the ICT Leadership and Management Solutions category for Class Charts
2019
Tes acquires EduCare, market leader in online learning courses
2019
Tes acquires Edval, leading provider of school timetabling software
2021
Tes expands its school software services portfolio with acquisition of SchoolCloud
2021
SchoolCloud win 2 BETT awards: ‘Company of the Year’ (Less than 3ドルm turnover) and ‘Innovator of the Year’
2022
Tes acquires EduPay and BPS to further extend support for HR, payroll and budgeting in schools
2022
Tes acquires Standards Tracker to further extend its ability to support staff development in schools
2023
Tes acquires international primary teaching resource company Teach Starter
2023
Tes further invests in supporting safeguarding in schools with the acquisition of The Safeguarding Company
2024
Tes acquires Schrole, supporting an increased reach in international schools.
2025
Tes acquires Education Horizons, increasing reach across AU and international schools.
Our values
Our culture is open, positive, supportive and collaborative. We are all accountable in everything we do.
We work together
We share a common goal to deliver our Tes Vision, working together in a transparent and open way, to solve problems rather than to apportion blame.
We include everyone
We believe in the diversity of people, ideas and cultures, providing everyone with the opportunity to contribute and grow, and to make our business better.
We take ownership
We all have a vital role to deliver our vision and a responsibility to make the biggest difference possible to our customers and to Tes.
We never stand still
In everything we do, we work to improve our products and services, and to deliver on both our individual and our common goals.
We do it for them
We’re committed to providing schools and teachers with the tools they need to improve children’s lives through education.
Careers at Tes
We’re a global company employing over 600 people in 9 offices, in locations including London, Sheffield, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Sydney, and Dubai.
If you're looking for a challenging, transforming and collaborative environment where you're always learning, Tes could be the place for you.
Kayleigh joined Tes in July 2019 as Group Reporting Manager, developing her finance career at Tes, taking on the Group Financial Controller role in January 2021 and recently stepping into the CFO role in April 2024.
Max joined Tes as COO in September 2022 and is a strategic and operational executive with a successful track record in transforming and growing digital businesses.
Neil joined Tes in September 2025 and brings deep experience in media, SaaS, and customer transformation, with a track record of scaling teams and revenue across international markets.
Rod joined Tes in June 2020, to build upon Tes’s progress and help accelerate the next phase of growth, to become the world-class software provider for schools.
Global Advisory Board
The Tes Global Advisory Board is made up of some of the world’s leading educators and advisors, collectively bringing many years of experience to Tes to help inform, debate and shape Tes’ offer to the global education community.