Tutor Doctor : Rob Kerrison's 12 Years Running Tutor Doctor Cambridge

Rob Kerrison has run Tutor Doctor Cambridge with his wife Lynn for 12 years. Before owning the franchise, he had never run his own business — his career was in sales and marketing for big corporate companies. Rob walks through what attracted him to Tutor Doctor as an instinct first (the community-engagement and difference-making framing) before evaluating the business shape and operational details. On day-to-day reality: the model has changed enormously over Rob's 12-year arc but the weekly takeaway has stayed constant — at the end of each week, he and Lynn can step back and recognise they've meaningfully helped the students and families they served. The wider UK Tutor Doctor partner squad operates across very different environments but shares common approaches and philosophies, giving Rob a peer network he can call when running his own business surfaces a question or opportunity. On growth into schools: about five years ago Rob and Lynn started working with schools in addition to families — opening another route to help different student populations, often those in more disadvantaged situations who schools are working hard to support. Tutor Doctor Cambridge has built strong working relationships with schools across Cambridge and now Norwich, with schools calling Rob directly when they need help for a specific child. Tutor Doctor Cambridge is also part of the UK National Tutoring Programme — a government-supported scheme for disadvantaged children most impacted by the pandemic. Rob frames participation as one of his proudest achievements and the brand's main current growth thread. Recruitment-side, the franchise has its own dedicated person (Georgina) running tutor sourcing across multiple discovery routes.