[rhdunn]

Although you can take GCSEs at any age, they are typically taken when you are 16. After that, you have a number of options:

1. continue to A/AS-level taking 1 to 2 years, and then optionally onto collage or university;

2. do apprentiships or traineeship that take 1 to 5 years;

3. part-time employment and education/training.

From http://www.gov.uk/child-employment:

1. children aged 13+ can perform part-time work except in television, theatre, and modelling;

2. from age 16 to 18 (if not in education) you must spend 20 hours working or volunteering;

3. from age 18 you are elligible for full-time work.

Therefore, it is perfectly valid for the 17 year old to be working as a driver and the BBC is trying to incite outrage against food delivery apps with this.