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.