How to use the online alarm clock
While getting ready to collect your child from the school’s nursery group, set the 2:05 pm alarm before bags, keys and last-minute jobs take over. It gives you a clear prompt well ahead of 3:00 pm, so you can finish what you are doing and leave without repeatedly checking the clock.
Because this alarm runs in your browser, closing the page or quitting the browser means there will be no sound to remind you about collecting your child. Keep the alarm page open, leave the phone or computer awake, and make sure its volume is audible. If you need to use another page, switch away without closing this one; returning to it also lets you confirm that the alarm is still set for 2:05 pm.
Your collection time may fall as lunchtime traffic is giving way to the afternoon school run, so allow for a journey that takes longer than the same route earlier in the day. Check the route before settling into another task, include time to park or walk from a permitted space, and aim to reach the school gate a few minutes before the nursery group is released.
Common questions
Can I change the sound?
Yes, there is a short list of tones to pick from before you press Start. Softer sounds are easy to sleep through, so a firmer bell tends to be the safer choice for anything early in the morning.
Will it still be right when the clocks change?
Yes. It reads your device's local clock, so the move between GMT and BST at the end of March and October is picked up automatically, as long as the computer's date, time and time zone are set correctly.
Can I use this on a phone?
It works in a mobile browser, but phones lock the screen and suspend background tabs far more readily than a laptop does, which can stop the alarm sounding. For anything important, a desktop or a plugged-in laptop is the steadier option.
Does the alarm still work if I close the tab?
No. Everything runs inside this page, so closing the tab — or quitting the browser altogether — ends the countdown there and then. Leaving it open in the background is all it asks, and switching to another tab makes no difference.
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