Tutor Doctor : Piyush Gupta Left Finance Director Life for Tutor Doctor Peterborough

Piyush Gupta runs the Peterborough, Huntingdon and Stamford territory for Tutor Doctor UK. Originally from East London, Piyush is a chartered accountant who spent many years in corporate life — most recently as a divisional finance director — before crossing paths with Tutor Doctor in conversations he wasn't actively initiating as franchise research. He had used tutors for his own children, recognised the difference Tutor Doctor offered, talked it through with his wife and family, and made the move. On the family side: one of Piyush's most humbling franchise moments came from a Google review request. Expecting a paragraph, he received two pages from a parent describing the difference Tutor Doctor had made for her family. Piyush frames the takeaway as a partner-economics lesson: you make a bigger difference than you can imagine, and the rewarding feedback compounds over time. On schools and local authorities: Piyush's growth route mirrors Rob Kerrison's Cambridge experience — initial school visits, leaflet drops, and shoe-leather work eventually turning into inbound demand. Today, after 2 to 3 years, Piyush works with 25–30 schools in his territory, with schools coming to him rather than him pursuing them. Schools and local authorities now account for about three-quarters of his Tutor Doctor business by revenue. On the per-hour economics: Piyush quantifies the local-authority work — one hour of his sales time can win a student receiving 15 hours per week (3 hours per day) of tutoring through alternative provision. With around 10 such students at a time, that's roughly 150 hours per week and 600 hours per month flowing through the Peterborough territory — a meaningful bottom-line impact. He closes describing the difference Tutor Doctor makes with children who 'sometimes throw chairs' and now sit down and engage.