ADULT learner Tracey Taylor, of Newton Aycliffe, is celebrating her decision to get back into education.

She was one of 87 learners and their tutors recognised at Sedgefield Borough Adult Learners' Awards ceremony in Newton Aycliffe Youth Centre.

The individual winner, Tracey, 37, found a passion for learning she lacked as a child because of a car accident.

But in three years as an adult learner she has completed computing, literacy and teaching courses at the Pioneering Care Centre, The Learning Shop and Greenfield Community and Arts College, all in Newton Aycliffe.

Mother-of-two Tracey now feels so at home in the classroom that she hopes to find a job as a classroom assistant.

She said: "I enjoy it so much. I don't have low self esteem any more, I feel confident and have done something for myself."