Hope High School (Salford)
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Oasis Academy MediacityUK, formerly Hope High School, is an academy
in Salford, Greater Manchester
, England. The school will move into a new building in 2012.
The Academy will remain in the existing buildings, formerly Hope High, for the first 3 years of operation before transferring to a brand new complex on the edge of Salford Quays, in September 2012.
As well as radio and TV studios, production offices and other facilities that would be expected of a Media Centre, the new complex will feature the best possible provision for Science, Technology, Sport and the Arts, alongside all other subjects in the National Curriculum.
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK is sponsored by Oasis Community Learning, which is a separate charity, but is part of the Oasis Global family. Oasis UK, a Christian organisation, was founded by Rev Steve Chalke M.B.E. in 1985, and began its work in the UK but now delivers educational, healthcare and housing projects throughout the world.
and the school will move into the state of the art build with a sixth form.
Academy
An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. In the western world academia is the...
in Salford, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
, England. The school will move into a new building in 2012.
Name change
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK opened in September 2008 replacing Hope High School.The Academy will remain in the existing buildings, formerly Hope High, for the first 3 years of operation before transferring to a brand new complex on the edge of Salford Quays, in September 2012.
As well as radio and TV studios, production offices and other facilities that would be expected of a Media Centre, the new complex will feature the best possible provision for Science, Technology, Sport and the Arts, alongside all other subjects in the National Curriculum.
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK is sponsored by Oasis Community Learning, which is a separate charity, but is part of the Oasis Global family. Oasis UK, a Christian organisation, was founded by Rev Steve Chalke M.B.E. in 1985, and began its work in the UK but now delivers educational, healthcare and housing projects throughout the world.
New building
Oasis Academy is having a new school built at Salford QuaysSalford Quays
Salford Quays is an area of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, near the end of the Manchester Ship Canal. Previously the site of Manchester Docks, it became one of the first and largest urban regeneration projects in the United Kingdom following the closure of the dockyards in...
and the school will move into the state of the art build with a sixth form.