Paul K Ainsworth
@pkainsworth.bsky.social
NO SILVER BULLETS 2.0: https://www.amazon.co.uk/NO-SILVER-BULLETS-2-0-IMPROVEMENT/dp/B0CW9GSK94/
Author | EdDirector | EHT | Chair | SpeakerTEDx | JoyDivision | SUPYogaTeacher | Wild🏊♂️ | 🛵🇫🇷
My website: https://paulkainsworth.wordpress.com
Author | EdDirector | EHT | Chair | SpeakerTEDx | JoyDivision | SUPYogaTeacher | Wild🏊♂️ | 🛵🇫🇷
My website: https://paulkainsworth.wordpress.com
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆
But you’re not alone.
Read the full blog for reflections, strategies & solidarity:
🔗wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
📰 substack.com/@pkainsworth...
What’s your best advice for the moment the phone rings?
But you’re not alone.
Read the full blog for reflections, strategies & solidarity:
🔗wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
📰 substack.com/@pkainsworth...
What’s your best advice for the moment the phone rings?
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆
But you’re not alone.
Read the full blog for reflections, strategies & solidarity:
🔗wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
📰 substack.com/@pkainsworth...
What’s your best advice for the moment the phone rings?
But you’re not alone.
Read the full blog for reflections, strategies & solidarity:
🔗wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
📰 substack.com/@pkainsworth...
What’s your best advice for the moment the phone rings?
🛠️𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙜 wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
When school’s in crisis, life piles on.
The car breaks down. The abscess flares. The washer floods.
It’s never just one thing.
Don’t ignore the creaks.
Self-care isn’t indulgence—it’s survival.
#WellbeingForLeaders #FirstResponders
When school’s in crisis, life piles on.
The car breaks down. The abscess flares. The washer floods.
It’s never just one thing.
Don’t ignore the creaks.
Self-care isn’t indulgence—it’s survival.
#WellbeingForLeaders #FirstResponders
November 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🛠️𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙜 wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
When school’s in crisis, life piles on.
The car breaks down. The abscess flares. The washer floods.
It’s never just one thing.
Don’t ignore the creaks.
Self-care isn’t indulgence—it’s survival.
#WellbeingForLeaders #FirstResponders
When school’s in crisis, life piles on.
The car breaks down. The abscess flares. The washer floods.
It’s never just one thing.
Don’t ignore the creaks.
Self-care isn’t indulgence—it’s survival.
#WellbeingForLeaders #FirstResponders
🌫️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 substack.com/@pkainsworth...
Then the fog rolls in.
Isolation. Complaints. Blame.
Staff morale dips, parents lose faith.
This is the slump.
And it’s when leaders need the most courage.
#LeadershipResilience #NavigatingCrisis
Then the fog rolls in.
Isolation. Complaints. Blame.
Staff morale dips, parents lose faith.
This is the slump.
And it’s when leaders need the most courage.
#LeadershipResilience #NavigatingCrisis
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🌫️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 substack.com/@pkainsworth...
Then the fog rolls in.
Isolation. Complaints. Blame.
Staff morale dips, parents lose faith.
This is the slump.
And it’s when leaders need the most courage.
#LeadershipResilience #NavigatingCrisis
Then the fog rolls in.
Isolation. Complaints. Blame.
Staff morale dips, parents lose faith.
This is the slump.
And it’s when leaders need the most courage.
#LeadershipResilience #NavigatingCrisis
🔥𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴: substack.com/@pkainsworth...
A single sentence can ignite the mine.
A death. A murder. An OFSTED verdict.
In that instant, the old world ends.
School leaders don’t just manage—they absorb the blast.
#LeadershipInCrisis #LucyEasthope
A single sentence can ignite the mine.
A death. A murder. An OFSTED verdict.
In that instant, the old world ends.
School leaders don’t just manage—they absorb the blast.
#LeadershipInCrisis #LucyEasthope
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🔥𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴: substack.com/@pkainsworth...
A single sentence can ignite the mine.
A death. A murder. An OFSTED verdict.
In that instant, the old world ends.
School leaders don’t just manage—they absorb the blast.
#LeadershipInCrisis #LucyEasthope
A single sentence can ignite the mine.
A death. A murder. An OFSTED verdict.
In that instant, the old world ends.
School leaders don’t just manage—they absorb the blast.
#LeadershipInCrisis #LucyEasthope
🧵𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁
How school leaders can navigate disaster, grief & operational chaos with clarity and care.
👇Read on & share your own insights.
🔗wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
📰 substack.com/@pkainsworth...
#SchoolLeadership #CrisisSupport
How school leaders can navigate disaster, grief & operational chaos with clarity and care.
👇Read on & share your own insights.
🔗wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
📰 substack.com/@pkainsworth...
#SchoolLeadership #CrisisSupport
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🧵𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁
How school leaders can navigate disaster, grief & operational chaos with clarity and care.
👇Read on & share your own insights.
🔗wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
📰 substack.com/@pkainsworth...
#SchoolLeadership #CrisisSupport
How school leaders can navigate disaster, grief & operational chaos with clarity and care.
👇Read on & share your own insights.
🔗wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
📰 substack.com/@pkainsworth...
#SchoolLeadership #CrisisSupport
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴: 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁
How school improvers can use the lessons of disaster to support their community.
🔗wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
📰 open.substack.com/pub/pkainswo...
How school improvers can use the lessons of disaster to support their community.
🔗wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
📰 open.substack.com/pub/pkainswo...
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴: 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁
How school improvers can use the lessons of disaster to support their community.
🔗wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
📰 open.substack.com/pub/pkainswo...
How school improvers can use the lessons of disaster to support their community.
🔗wp.me/p9tOLc-E6
📰 open.substack.com/pub/pkainswo...
𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝘂𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
🎥 Watch the vlog
📕 See the Substack: substack.com/@pkainsworth...
📘Or read the blog: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/d...
🎥 Watch the vlog
📕 See the Substack: substack.com/@pkainsworth...
📘Or read the blog: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/d...
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝘂𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
🎥 Watch the vlog
📕 See the Substack: substack.com/@pkainsworth...
📘Or read the blog: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/d...
🎥 Watch the vlog
📕 See the Substack: substack.com/@pkainsworth...
📘Or read the blog: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/d...
🧵 First Responder: What school leaders can learn from emergency planning (4/4)
In a 'permacrisis,' trust your gut.
Ask the hard questions.
And never ignore the quiet signs.
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In a 'permacrisis,' trust your gut.
Ask the hard questions.
And never ignore the quiet signs.
🔗 substack.com/@pkainsworth...
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🧵 First Responder: What school leaders can learn from emergency planning (4/4)
In a 'permacrisis,' trust your gut.
Ask the hard questions.
And never ignore the quiet signs.
🔗 substack.com/@pkainsworth...
In a 'permacrisis,' trust your gut.
Ask the hard questions.
And never ignore the quiet signs.
🔗 substack.com/@pkainsworth...
🧵 First Responder: What school leaders can learn from emergency planning (3/4)
You speak up. You warn. You see it coming.
But like Cassandra, you're not always believed.
Still — your voice might be the difference.
🧠
Read more: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/f...
You speak up. You warn. You see it coming.
But like Cassandra, you're not always believed.
Still — your voice might be the difference.
🧠
Read more: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/f...
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🧵 First Responder: What school leaders can learn from emergency planning (3/4)
You speak up. You warn. You see it coming.
But like Cassandra, you're not always believed.
Still — your voice might be the difference.
🧠
Read more: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/f...
You speak up. You warn. You see it coming.
But like Cassandra, you're not always believed.
Still — your voice might be the difference.
🧠
Read more: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/f...
🧵 First Responder: What school leaders can learn from emergency planning (2/4)
Sometimes, the data looks fine. But something feels off.
That flicker of intuition? It might be the only light in the mine.🐤
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/pkainswo...
Sometimes, the data looks fine. But something feels off.
That flicker of intuition? It might be the only light in the mine.🐤
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/pkainswo...
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🧵 First Responder: What school leaders can learn from emergency planning (2/4)
Sometimes, the data looks fine. But something feels off.
That flicker of intuition? It might be the only light in the mine.🐤
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/pkainswo...
Sometimes, the data looks fine. But something feels off.
That flicker of intuition? It might be the only light in the mine.🐤
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/pkainswo...
Let’s hope so ⬇️
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Let’s hope so ⬇️
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿?
🎥 You’ve seen the vlog
📖 Now read the blog: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/l...
❓What are your leap frog moments?
🙏🏻 Could I help you find more?
🎥 You’ve seen the vlog
📖 Now read the blog: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/l...
❓What are your leap frog moments?
🙏🏻 Could I help you find more?
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿?
🎥 You’ve seen the vlog
📖 Now read the blog: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/l...
❓What are your leap frog moments?
🙏🏻 Could I help you find more?
🎥 You’ve seen the vlog
📖 Now read the blog: paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/l...
❓What are your leap frog moments?
🙏🏻 Could I help you find more?
🔭Get that telescope out
👀 just try to look to the future
🐾 and put one foot in front of the other
⬇️
👀 just try to look to the future
🐾 and put one foot in front of the other
⬇️
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🔭Get that telescope out
👀 just try to look to the future
🐾 and put one foot in front of the other
⬇️
👀 just try to look to the future
🐾 and put one foot in front of the other
⬇️
𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
Explores the challenges organisations face when a key partnership departs, and how, if not managed well, such exits can trigger crisis. paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/d...
Explores the challenges organisations face when a key partnership departs, and how, if not managed well, such exits can trigger crisis. paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/d...
November 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
Explores the challenges organisations face when a key partnership departs, and how, if not managed well, such exits can trigger crisis. paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/d...
Explores the challenges organisations face when a key partnership departs, and how, if not managed well, such exits can trigger crisis. paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/d...
𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺
🎥 You’ve watched the vlog
📖 Read the blog paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/wha…
🎧Listen to the podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/evi���
🙏🏻 Thankyou for the inspiration: @theeef.bsky.social
🎥 You’ve watched the vlog
📖 Read the blog paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/wha…
🎧Listen to the podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/evi���
🙏🏻 Thankyou for the inspiration: @theeef.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺
🎥 You’ve watched the vlog
📖 Read the blog paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/wha…
🎧Listen to the podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/evi���
🙏🏻 Thankyou for the inspiration: @theeef.bsky.social
🎥 You’ve watched the vlog
📖 Read the blog paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/wha…
🎧Listen to the podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/evi���
🙏🏻 Thankyou for the inspiration: @theeef.bsky.social
Those smalls steps are at the heart (and Soul) of a No Silver Bullets approach.
October 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Those smalls steps are at the heart (and Soul) of a No Silver Bullets approach.
𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲…
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲…
It was a pleasure to visit @liftschools.org Firth Park Academy
🔹Discuss school improvement with Nigel Whittle
🔸Look at progress since ResearchEd Warrington
🔹 Meet colleagues
🔸Talk T&L playbooks
#Thingsarechanging
🔹Discuss school improvement with Nigel Whittle
🔸Look at progress since ResearchEd Warrington
🔹 Meet colleagues
🔸Talk T&L playbooks
#Thingsarechanging
October 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It was a pleasure to visit @liftschools.org Firth Park Academy
🔹Discuss school improvement with Nigel Whittle
🔸Look at progress since ResearchEd Warrington
🔹 Meet colleagues
🔸Talk T&L playbooks
#Thingsarechanging
🔹Discuss school improvement with Nigel Whittle
🔸Look at progress since ResearchEd Warrington
🔹 Meet colleagues
🔸Talk T&L playbooks
#Thingsarechanging
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 ⬇️
“Teachers are not broken and they don’t need us to fix them. They need us to walk alongside them.”
— Jim Knight, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘊𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦
“Teachers are not broken and they don’t need us to fix them. They need us to walk alongside them.”
— Jim Knight, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘊𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦
October 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 ⬇️
“Teachers are not broken and they don’t need us to fix them. They need us to walk alongside them.”
— Jim Knight, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘊𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦
“Teachers are not broken and they don’t need us to fix them. They need us to walk alongside them.”
— Jim Knight, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘊𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠?
When times are hard, it’s important to look back at what you have achieved.
On Sunday I completed my 4th Lincoln Half Marathon. It was a wonderful day with so many people in the city but blimey was that hill tough!
When times are hard, it’s important to look back at what you have achieved.
On Sunday I completed my 4th Lincoln Half Marathon. It was a wonderful day with so many people in the city but blimey was that hill tough!
October 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠?
When times are hard, it’s important to look back at what you have achieved.
On Sunday I completed my 4th Lincoln Half Marathon. It was a wonderful day with so many people in the city but blimey was that hill tough!
When times are hard, it’s important to look back at what you have achieved.
On Sunday I completed my 4th Lincoln Half Marathon. It was a wonderful day with so many people in the city but blimey was that hill tough!
My thought from this week is: You are only one conversation away from a change in mood, to finding hope or rebuilding your positivity.
#itsgoodtotalk
#itsgoodtotalk
October 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My thought from this week is: You are only one conversation away from a change in mood, to finding hope or rebuilding your positivity.
#itsgoodtotalk
#itsgoodtotalk
October 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
