It is said you can tell how old a teacher is by how they refer to this publication. For millennials, it’s “Tes” ; for a previous generation, it’s “the T-E-S” ; for those of us who started in the profession 30 years ago, it’s “the Times Ed”. I suspect that there are also octogenarians who recall “the Times Educational Supplement”.

The old girl has come a long way since she went on sale in 1910 for the princely sum of one penny.

In the 111 years since, the publication has documented the comings, pronouncements and goings of some 56 education secretaries through nine versions of what today is the Department for Education.

And in that time, copies have littered staffrooms across the globe with articles and comment pieces earnestly discussed by the committed, and the jobs section scoured by the ambitious and the discontented.

Certainly, as a young teacher, my Friday guilty pleasure was to scan the international section and imagine what it would be like to teach abroad - the British Schools of Kingston Jamaica and Kathmandu had a particular appeal.

In those days, though, taking up a post overseas was considered little short of career suicide. International schools were the Wild West for those who were prepared to put up with a hardship posting in return for adventure and an all-inclusive package.

How things have changed! The explosion of UK education around the globe means some of the most forward-looking and innovative schools in the world are British international schools.

Generous levels of funding combined with freedom from the shackles of Ofsted and DfE regulation allow creativity and new ideas to flourish.

But wherever in the world we international educators ended up, our interest in Tes - not its Friday magazine, but its online presence - remained strong.

Recognising this growth of international teachers interested in strong education news, analysis and insight, Tes launched its digital international version in 2019.

Much of that initial focus was on how to get a job abroad, warnings about what to look for in contracts and even advice on how to ace an interview on Skype.

However, it soon became clear that wherever you are in the world, there are fundamentals in education that every teacher has to work on: pedagogy, parental engagement, behaviour, leadership, recruitment, wellbeing and much more.

So, it’s no surprise that, like Doctor Who regenerating to meet the needs of a new audience, Tes is evolving again to become a purely digital publication that will combine everything in a single website.

For international schools, the move seems a recognition that the sector has come of age, and being able to share our insights, ideas and innovations - and read those of our counterparts in the UK - underlines what a truly global profession education has become.

So, however you refer to this esteemed publication, let’s raise a glass to the new era and look forward to a fresh, digital chapter in Tes’ long history.

Mark Steed is the principal and CEO of Kellett, the British International School in Hong Kong