The present-day academy has its origins in Hope Hall Secondary Modern School which opened in 1958 on Prestwood Road/Eccles Old Road in Pendleton.

[4] It was named after Hope Hall, a manor house on the site, demolished in 1956 by the City of Salford Education Committee to make way for the school.

[8][9] In 1954, the Education Committee decided to resume their plans due to a shortage of school capacity in West Salford.

[25][26] Fiona O’Sullivan was appointed principal in November 2014, and expelled nine students, recruited a new leadership team, and brought in six extra teachers in a turnaround bid.

Weekly staff training was put in place and assistance was accepted from St Patrick's Roman Catholic High School in Eccles.

[37] As of 2019, the trust said it had guided forty schools out of special measures, though 10 of out the 52 Oasis academies were still classified as failing.

This includes a transition period to secondary education, building on knowledge and skills from primary school,[41] giving all pupils equal access to wider, more challenging programmes of study needed to gain qualifications at Key Stage 4.

[41] Lessons follow a three-part structure: In 2018, Oasis Academy MediaCityUK announced a 60% pass rate of pupils gaining grades 4–9 in English & Maths combined.