Oxford Castle and Prison have been announced as one of this year's Sandford Award Winners 2019. The Sandford Award is independently judged mark of quality for education programmes of heritage site. OPT wish to congratulate Lisa Price, Learning and Access Officer at Oxford Castle and Prison for her tireless work which has led to the Castle winning this prestigious award. Lisa's work at the Key Learning Centre revolves around OPT's goal for every school child in Oxfordshire to visit Oxford Castle and Prison at least once during their school career.

This award means Oxford Castle and Prison sits beside long established heritage education programmes such as those at V&A Museum, Windsor Castle, The National Archives and Royal Museums Greenwich.