My DD is in a small state primary, and has had a number of problems with social skills and concentration. It's not enough to be considered a real "problem" by the school but is making her unhappy and she is not reaching her potential. We are working with the school and accessing outside support to try and help her - it's very much looking for strategies to help her at this stage rather than a "diagnosis" as her problems aren't severe enough at the moment to suggest that would be either likely or helpful. I'm beginning to have some concerns that our catchment school may not be right for her, and we may well not get into the one I think would work better. I have rather reluctantly decided we need to a least look at private schools as a "plan B". The area would be Basingstoke, Andover, Winchester, and possibly down to Southampton / Romsey although prepared to at least consider other areas (e.g. Alton / Petersfield). In terms of the type of school an academic hothouse certainly wouldn't suit her, but she's bright enough (3As / 4Cs at the end of year 4) so we would like her to go somewhere that can help her reach her potential - I know very little about private schools so have no idea if that would mean going for a school that is some way selective (though obviously not the highly selective ones)? We would want good pastoral care and a very supportive environment. I would want a medium sized school ideally with a reasonably large pool of other girls for making friends. Girls only or co-ed, and ideally no boarding as I think that could be quite divisive and create more friendship issues. We'd also want something very down-to-earth.
Does anyone have any ideas of what might suit us?
Many thanks