The good news is that you have several options to choose from, however you must do the research. There are also international boarding school exhibitions held every now and then in the UAE offering free impartial guidance and advice to all families considering boarding school as an option. And guidance counsellors, but these might charge a fee. On the former, you can check the website www.uwc.org ( a network of 15 schools around the world that offer a transformational boarding school experience to students between 16 - 18 towards the IB Diploma). I know a few students from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Muscat who have been awarded places at UWC schools and have never looked back.
