I’ve been coordinating admissions for the past five years and all of our student information still lives in sprawling Excel sheets. Every time a detail changes—name spelling, date of birth, reference number—I manually hunt it down in the workbook, update the cell, then search again whenever my manager emails me for a fresh report. It works, but only just, and the files are becoming unmanageable. I’m ready to move away from flat spreadsheets toward a purpose-built application focused on better data organization. What I have in mind is a lightweight, secure solution that: • Lets me enter or edit student records through simple, validated forms (no more scrolling through endless rows). • Generates clean, filterable reports on demand—think “all birthdays this month” or “students missing documents.” • Pulls key data straight into templated emails or, even better, sends those emails for me so I’m not copying and pasting figures every day. The ideal build could be web-based or a desktop app; I’m flexible as long as it’s straightforward for a non-technical coordinator to use and can import my existing Excel data. If you can also provide a brief user guide and source code so our IT team can maintain it, that would complete the package. If this sounds like your kind of project, let’s talk through your proposed tech stack, timeline, and any questions you have about our current workflow.