Hope High School (Salford)

Hope High is situated on Eccles Old Road / Prestwood Road in Salford. It is close to rival schools Buile Hill High School and All Hallows High School. Both Pendleton College sites are also close by.It will close and reopen as an Academy, to be known as Oasis Academy MediaCityUK, on 1st September 2008.

Uniform

Their uniform consisted of a black jumper with a yellow griffin on the left breast, a plain white shirt (long or short sleeved), black trousers or a grey skirt, and black shoes or boots. With a stripey tie, but because of the schools changing looks this uniform is also going to change.

Logo

The logo of Hope High School was a yellow Griffin, which is seen on the black jersey, and the school planner. It now takes the form of a yellow circle containing the word 'Hope'. This will change when the school gains Academy status.

Houses

These are large groups of the school split up and managed by one member of staff, that is known as the house tutor.

* Kingsley
- Ben Kingsley
* Openshaw
- Peter Openshaw
* Riley
- Harold Riley
* Nightengale
- Florence Nightingale
* Goldstone
- Jeffrey Goldstone
* Frankenburg
* Snape
* Lowry
- L.S. Lowry

Houses are commonly referred to by their initials.

Long Live The Memory Of : DCosta, Chambers & Dori Legends :)

Form

A form is one age group that is split up as part of a house.

ExamplesYear 7 - 7KYear 8 - 80Year 9 - 9RYear 10 - 10NYear 11 - 11G

Each house has five year-forms, and each year has eight houses.

Coronation Street

Hope High School was used to depict Weatherfield High School in soap opera Coronation Street. Many pupils at the school appeared as extras in the show. Some of the scenes that were filmed at the school include part of a storyline that Sarah-Louise Platt, portrayed by Tina O'Brien, was pregnant at the age of 13, along with stories surrounding Andy McDonald, Steve McDonald and Mike Baldwin's son, Mark during their school years. Ken Barlow was a teacher at Weatherfield High School for a time, and once suffered heart problems whilst teaching a class, and again whilst acting as referee of a school football match.

External links

* [http://www.hopehighschool.co.uk/ Hope High] - The school's website.
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?urn=105972&providerCategoryID=32 OFSTED School Report] - The OFSTED report of Hope High School.
* [http://www.oasisacademysalford.org/index.htm] - Oasis Academy Salford website