Dreams of being a barrister has been crushed by GCSE!!?

Try an access to higher education course at your local colleges. they usually ask for decent GCSE results to join the course, however they also look at your work experience etc.... so good GCSE results are not always necessary, as long as you demonsrate your ability and enthusiasm for the course. If you p the course, you can apply to almost any university in the UK and more an more universities are seeing access courses as good, solid foundations for degree preperation.