In order to improve students employability, Business Mentoring of younger pupils took place at the Academy in 2014 Recognising the importance of broadening the curriculum to meet the needs of the many lower ability pupils the academy has developed a number of outreach programmes. In 2014 Swallow Hill embarked upon a partnership with the Leeds College of Building to provide more vocational courses for students unable to access the full curriculum. In May 2015 pupils from Swallow Hill participated in a Young Persons Fire Training scheme. In March 2011 Rachel Reeves, MP, visited Swallow Hill and promoted visits to Auschwitz In order to attract staff to the Academy AET stated in its adverts However, in response to community perceptions of high staff turnover, a 2015 Freedom of Information Request showed that the Academy had a staff turnover of 27% of teachers. A minor local controversy erupted upon the merger of the schools when a 6th Form pupil made a video of complaints and posted it on YouTube to complain about the poor standards in the school. He highlighted concerns about 6 fights in 2 weeks and a number of timetable irregularities. Attached to the video clips in question were pictures and comments added by other students, added in different years, to highlight concerns about bullying and other matters within the Academy. The Academy is particularly proud of its hygiene, celebrating the achievement of a 5* rating for food hygiene again in 2015. The role of the sponsor Academies Enterprise Trust support for Academies at the local level is led by the AET Regional Director of Education (known as a RDE). The 2014 OFSTED report about AET explained that ‘some academy leaders said that there was too much variability in the support and challenge offered by Regional Directors employed by AET.'. Nevertheless, there are some positive comments about the efforts and intentions of the sponsor which can be found in reports, but with the direction of results so clearly downwards, it was not surprising in 2015 to find an increasing amount of concern being expressed. On 3 February 2014, as a result of seeing plans for a joint venture which would have involved staffing changes at all AET schools, including Swallow Hill Community College, Averil Chambers, on behalf of the GMB Union, made a series of criticisms of AET. She stated In 2015 The DfE Schools' Commissioner Paul Smith, also expressed