Sorry I don't think the gliding counts, although I think you can get a gliding licence(?) To get the PPL(A) you learn on a single engined aircraft. Generally a prop, such as the piper's. You can't learn on jet engined A/C i don't think, such as the Jet Provost, even though they are light enough to allow. Anyway, even if you could it would be incredibly more expensive than a piper and the likes. But for the fixed wing PPL, you have to train on a single engined A/C, under a certain weight (I forget what it is).
JW.