UK whole child schools

[Fizzy13]

We are looking for suggestions of schools which provide a broad education and while students can gain excellent results it is not the sole focus.
Our son is bright and likely to do well however is unlikely to pass the entrance exam for a highly selective school. He speaks and reads perfectly in english but his written level is poor. (he reads and writes perfectly in french as we are currently in france!) We will need a school that will look at his potential rather than measure him on his current ability and will equally not just put him in year 7 french lessons!
We are considering Sidcot/Bootham but would like to have more options as we will need to find jobs/house etc!
Any suggestions of caring, supportive schools gratefully received!

Bedales.

How old is he? When are you thinking of enrolling him? Y6/Y8? Boarding an option? Sidcot seems to be used to international students so presumably can offer extra support to bring his written language up. Could he sit an entrance test?
You could consult https://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/education-consultants or https://gabbitas.com

If you're interested in a bilingual (French and English) school, then have a look at CFBL in London. Welcome to CFBL - Collège Français Bilingue de Londres

If you'd prefer a fully English speaking school, have a look at Bede's in Sussex Bede's | Top Independent Schools Sussex | Boarding and Day School

If you would consider living in Yorkshire (commutable to Leeds or Manchester) feel free to drop me a PM.
If you need London or The SE can't help, sorry

St Christopher School Letchworth has a good reputation and quite a few French families are there at the moment. Very good exam results but also good art, music, pastoral. Bus routes for North London as well.

@Fizzy13 I have sent you a pm re potential whole child schools.

If you want a smaller school to build his confidence I could totally recommend Cundall Manor in North Yorkshire. no entrance exam, brilliant sport. Art music and our son got amazing gcse results. Definitley worth a look.

@Hoppinggreen we'd be perfectly happy in Yorkshire (hence Bootham on the list) We don't want to head London/SE at all!
We'd love a medium sized town/city with a good sized hospital within commute.
Shrewsbury
Cheltenham
Gloucester
Warwick
Worcester
Salisbury
Towns around Oxford, Bristol, Bath, Southampton
But very much open to suggestions!
We don't want boarding and preferably no Saturday school but we'd make it work.
A day school that happens to take boarders is fine but we'd rather not be at a boarding school that keeps all students busy until 6pm!

This is an excellent choice and you could live in York/Harrogate.

We are hoping for Bootham - we were both really impressed with the feel of the school when we went round (we both went twice - individually and then with DC on the open day). The head was lovely and spoke directly to DC with interest, as did all of the teachers there. The kids that showed us round were really nice too. Facility wise or flashyness wise it isn't top of the league, but like you we're more interested in the overall experience rather than the academics etc.

Oh also should add there is Saturday morning school at Bootham but not every week. They were paring it down from what I gather.