Maggie Taggart, former Gown journalist, has been honoured at the CIPR Education Journalist of the Year awards in the House of Commons this week. The awards celebrate the best in education and skills reporting over the last twelve months. Currently the Education Correspondent for BBC Northern Ireland, Taggart picked up an award for ‘outstanding education reporting for a regional journalist’ for a piece of work examining the controversy over the ending of the 11+.

BY CATHERINE WYLIE