Apologies if this is a big ask - I'm not experienced in boarding schools at all and don't really know where to start.
Am looking for potential schools for my niece. She's very smart, but almost certainly has ADHD (it's being investigated now) and so has traditionally swung between really excelling academically and sometimes underachieving because she's just not interested. Hopefully this will improve with diagnosis/treatment but good support would be needed. She's also been through a lot in the past few years in terms of bereavement and life upheaval so good pastoral care is a must.
She's very creative. She's really musical (choral competitions plus youth orchestra) and loves ballet. She's good enough that we have considered the Royal Ballet School route but weren't sure if she was that good, and also felt she was too young to be pigeon holed that way. Not into ball sports/team games but is quite active and likes being out and about.
She is very social, very outgoing but I think she has a bit of a 'marmite' personality. Obviously, we think she's amazing and she's never been without friends, but she was so badly bullied at her original prep school that her dad had to withdraw her.
In terms of location there are family in Oxford/Exeter/Edinburgh/Winchester who would be available for weekends out of school or full boarding would be needed.
Any advice welcome.