Skip to main content
This guide takes you through enabling the Curriculum module, building your curriculum structure, and publishing it to your school website. The Curriculum module gives subject leads a structured way to document their curriculum intent — including units of work, key vocabulary, and SMSC coverage — and makes that information available to your website via a JSON API so it can be displayed automatically.
Initial setup requires the Administrator role. Once the module is enabled and roles are assigned, subject leads and curriculum managers can begin building the curriculum structure independently.

​
Setup Steps

1

Enable the Curriculum module

Go to Administration > Modules and enable the Curriculum module.
2

Assign a Curriculum Manager and Publisher

Go to Administration > Users and assign:
  • Curriculum Manager — responsible for the overall curriculum structure, year groups, and subjects. This is typically your curriculum lead or deputy headteacher.
  • Curriculum Publisher — responsible for approving and publishing curriculum content to the website. At least one Publisher must be assigned before any content can go live.
3

Navigate to Curriculum

Select Curriculum from the left-hand navigation menu to access the curriculum management area.
4

Build your curriculum structure

Create the structure your curriculum will sit within:
1

Add Year Groups

Create the year groups relevant to your school — for example, Year 1 through Year 6 for a primary, or Year 7 through Year 13 for a secondary.
2

Add Subjects within each Year Group

For each year group, add the subjects taught. Subjects can be shared across year groups or set up independently.
3

Add Units of Work within each Subject

For each subject in each year group, add the Units of Work that make up the taught curriculum across the year.

​
Adding Units of Work

For each Unit of Work, subject leads complete the following fields:

Title and Description

A clear title for the unit and a summary of what pupils will learn and experience.

Assessment

How pupils’ learning in this unit will be assessed — the method, timing, and what is being evaluated.

SMSC Coverage

Tag the relevant SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social, and Cultural) categories from the provided list and add detail about how this unit addresses each tagged dimension.

Key Vocabulary

Add the key vocabulary terms pupils need for this unit. For each term, provide a definition and one or more examples of the term in context.
Key vocabulary terms can be reused across multiple units — create a term once and tag it wherever it is relevant across subjects and year groups. You can also add alternative definitions for older year groups where a more sophisticated explanation is appropriate.

​
Draft and Publish Workflow

The Curriculum module uses a controlled publishing workflow to ensure quality and accuracy before anything goes live on your school website.
  • Subject leads can create, draft, and edit units at any time. Drafts are visible within the system but are not published to the website.
  • Changes only go live when a Curriculum Publisher reviews and approves them.
  • This gives curriculum leaders control over what is displayed publicly, preventing incomplete or draft content from appearing on the website.
The draft and publish workflow means subject leads can work on their curriculum documentation throughout the year without the risk of partially-completed content appearing on the school website.

​
Publishing to Your Website via the JSON API

Once content is approved and published, your curriculum becomes available through a school-specific JSON API URL. Your website developer calls this URL to receive structured JSON data and display it on your curriculum pages — no manual copying or exporting required.
1

Get your school's API URL

Contact the Clever School Systems support team at support@cleverschool.systems to receive your school’s unique JSON API URL and the accompanying API documentation.
2

Share the API URL with your web developer

Pass the API URL and documentation to whoever manages your school website. They will integrate the API call into your curriculum pages so that published content appears automatically.
3

Keep the curriculum up to date

Whenever subject leads update and publish units in Clever School Systems, the changes are reflected on your website automatically at the next API call — no further action needed from your web team.
If your school uses a website platform with pre-built Clever School Systems integration, the API connection may already be configured. Contact support@cleverschool.systems to confirm whether an integration exists for your platform.