Sandford Award

The Sandford Award, previously the Sandford Award for Heritage Education, is a British and Irish award for education programmes at heritage sites. Its website describes it as "an independently judged, quality assured assessment of education programmes at heritage sites, museums, archives and collections across the British Isles".{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://sandfordaward.org/|publisher=Sandford Awards|accessdate=2 November 2016}}

It is named for Lord Sandford (John Edmondson, 2nd Baron Sandford, 1920-2009).{{cite news|title=Commander the Rev Lord Sandford (obituary)|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4572575/Commander-the-Rev-Lord-Sandford.html|accessdate=2 November 2016|work=The Telegraph|date=9 February 2009}}

The awards are administered by the Heritage Education Trust and Bishop Grosseteste University.