Hi BlunderBus01
Provided that you were working under the supervision of a solicitor, you should be able to claim for partial exemption - this should be approx 6 months off the 2 year training contract. You will have to get the Law Society and training firm to agree to this, but essentially it is something that you will have to raise with the LawSoc when you apply for your student membership (which you need to undertake the LPC).
Speaking from experience, I would seriously advise you only to undertake the LPC if you already have a Solicitors who have offered you a training contract. If not, get a job as a part-time paralegal and do the course part-time.
From my understanding, the LPC is going through some radical changes at the moment. The major one being that you can study over more than one institution e.g. you could do the foundations (land, criminal, civil) at BPP, then your options (M&A, Commercial etc) at College of Law or UWE etc. This also gives you the option of studying part 1 (foundations) and part 2 (options) at the same time, effectively meaning you could complete the LPC in 6 months.
I'm not sure if these new rules have come into force yet, but it's something to look out for.
Hope this helps - if you want more advice, or other options (i.e. ILEX) then please get in touch.