Paul Ainsworth

Paul has been writing for the Teacher Toolkit website since 2012 and is the author of both 'No Silver Bullets: Day in, day out school improvement' and 'No Silver Bullets 2.0: Heart and Soul of School Improvement'. He is a system leader supporting primary schools, secondary schools and MATs currently with with Infinity Academies Trust as Education Director. Paul has 15+ years senior leadership experience, including being Director of Education, Head of a Teaching School and headteacher of a secondary school; he has been chair of governors for eight schools in difficulty, two of which moved from inadequate to good. Paul writes for many educational publications, is regularly approached to speak at national teaching conferences and spoke at TEDx Pocklington. His books include; No Silver Bullets: Day in, day out school improvement, Bloomsbury CPD Library: Middle Leadership, The Senior Leader’s Yearbook, Get that Teaching Job and Trophies, Tears and Line-Calls.

Posts by Paul Ainsworth:

12 Effective Teaching Strategies

12th Feb 2025 by Paul Ainsworth

Reading time, 2 minutes: Are teachers measuring progress or growing it?

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8 Tips To Develop Effective Leadership Teams

2nd Feb 2023 by Paul Ainsworth

Reading time, 3 minutes: We spend a lot of time supporting teams across the school but what about your leadership team?

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How To Handle Workplace Bullying

1st Dec 2022 by Paul Ainsworth

Reading time, 4 minutes: How would you address workplace bullying?

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You Can Be A System Leader: 5 Opportunities For You

19th May 2022 by Paul Ainsworth

Reading time, 3 minutes: Are you are looking to have an impact on teaching and learning beyond your classroom? System leaders work with schools outside of their own, contributing to the development of teachers, leaders. This in turn improving outcomes of children … System leaders do not have to be experienced leaders aiming to become executive head teachers, directors […]