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Dates & Venue
The Thanet Primary Schools' Cross Country races take place at Quex Park in Birchington. There are two events during each school year.

The first is in October, just a few weeks after children move up to their new year groups. For many, this is their first taste of a big race

The second event is halfway through the school year, a couple of weeks after the February half-term holiday.

Dates for the 2023-24 Academic Year are:

     Saturday 7th October 2023
     Saturday 2nd March 2024

Dates for the 2024-25 Academic Year are:

     Saturday 5th October 2024
     Saturday 1st March 2025 (provisional)


Age Groups
There are separate girls' and boys' races for each year group in National Curriculum Key Stage 2. Dates of birth for the 2023-24 academic year as below:

   Year 3
      1 Sept 2015 to 31 Aug 2016
   Year 4
      1 Sept 2014 to 31 Aug 2015
   Year 5
      1 Sept 2013 to 31 Aug 2014
   Year 6
      1 Sept 2012 to 31 Aug 2013


Entry Fee
Our aim is always to have as many local children running as possible. In October 2022, we offered free entry, which enabled lots of children to take part who otherwise wouldn't have had the opportunity.

As the cost of everything involved in organising the event has risen still further, we unfortunately have to charge £4.00 per child this year to simply cover our costs.

If you enjoy the event (and we're sure you will), please consider throwing a contribution into our donations bucket as you leave the field.

This is entirely voluntary, but even £1 or £2 would go a long way towards helping the cross country to continue successfully in the future.


How to Enter
Entries are made by schools and the races are open to all children in Years 3 to 6 who attend schools affiliated to Thanet Passport. (Parents and teachers from other schools should feel free to contact us for information on other events that may be available to their children.)

Entry forms were sent to all eligible schools on 1st February 2024, so children should be bringing them home very soon. If your child doesn't receive one (or does, but mislays it), you can download an entry form from the link below. Please return the form to your child's school as soon as possible.
March Entry Form

Each school sets its own internal deadline to receive its pupil's forms. They then collate their entries and send them on to us.


Home Educators
If you have an elective home education arrangement for your child(ren) and would like to enter them, we'd love to have them along to race. Just drop us an email via the link below and we'll send you everything you need to know to make sure they can compete alongside the others:
Home School Entry

Children who are educated away from school often have fewer opportunities than others to participate in sporting activities, so we are more than happy for them to participate in any of ours.

Home educators who live within the Thanet school district are welcome to enter their children in the races corresponding to their dates of birth.