in a similar situation to you, i winged my way into a semi-selective foundation certificate (one of the few here designed for native English speakers, the foundation is typically for foreigners) and took it from there - this is essentially continuing education, which has been mentioned. other than that i had the option to do 'access' courses at college (the tier before university) which are totally useless perfunctory steps that allow you to walk into mediocre HE (university) but something i didn't have the patience for.
we have grades, but no GPA really. mine would be non-existent because i didn't even finish college.
i don't know how education is structured over there, but basically, there's a path for you despite age/qualification, you just need to formulate an appropriate plan. i was sort of lucky: i had a great reference, wrote a fairly convincing application and then treated the interview like a regular conversation.
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