The problem:

The school published everything parents needed, calendars, menus, events, notices, but all of it lived in Excel files exported as PDFs. Hard to navigate on a desktop. Nearly impossible to read on a phone during a busy school run, which is exactly when most parents are trying to check this stuff.

Approach:

I built a mobile web app using AI-assisted development, no coding required. The first version was simple: take the information that already existed and make it actually readable on a phone. Everything reorganised into a clean, mobile-first interface. Events you could add directly to your calendar. The weekly rotating lunch menu a single tap away. Then I started using it daily, and so did the rest of the class. Features followed from real life: conversation starters for the school run home, age-appropriate jokes for reception year, and a dedicated bake sale section. The most useful addition was a holiday planner that layers school term dates against UK national dates, revealing the windows where your child is off school but most of the country isn't. Book a couple of days early, travel off-peak, and save significantly on hotels and flights.

The result:

A fully functional, custom-built app used by the entire class, shipped fast and evolved through real use. It's a personal project, but it demonstrates something I bring to every client engagement: the ability to spot a real problem, move from idea to working product quickly, and keep improving it once it's in people's hands.