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The Curriculum module helps schools organise their curriculum by year and subject, with a structured workflow for drafting, approving, and publishing content to the school website. Subject leads can update their areas without needing to touch the website directly, and a Publisher approval step ensures quality and consistency before anything goes live.

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How It Works

Curriculum content is organised hierarchically: by year group, then by subject, then by units of work. You can define as many units as you need and set the order in which they are taught. Each unit contains:
  • A title and description of the unit’s content
  • A brief description of the assessment approach used
  • SMSC tags identifying which areas of spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development the unit covers, with detail notes explaining how
  • Key vocabulary with meanings, example sentences, and (optionally) alternative definitions for older year groups
  • Website links to supporting resources
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Subject leads draft content

Subject leads log in and create or update units of work for their subjects. Changes are saved as drafts and are not visible on the website until approved.
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Publisher reviews and approves

A designated Publisher reviews the draft content. Once approved, the content is marked as live and becomes available via the JSON API.
3

Website displays the content

Your website calls the school-specific JSON API URL and displays the published curriculum content automatically.

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Key Features

SMSC Coverage Tagging

Tag each unit with the SMSC elements it covers and add detail notes explaining how the unit addresses each area.

Key Vocabulary

Add vocabulary with meanings and examples for each unit. Words can be re-used across multiple units to avoid duplication.

Differentiated Definitions

Provide alternative, more sophisticated definitions and examples for older year groups where appropriate.

Draft-and-Approve Workflow

Subject leads draft changes; a Publisher must approve before anything goes live. You stay in control of published content.

Structured by Year and Subject

Organise your whole curriculum in one place, with a clear hierarchy that’s easy to navigate.

JSON API Output

Published content is available via a school-specific JSON API, ready for your website developer to display.

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JSON API

Once your curriculum content is published, it is available via a school-specific JSON API URL. Your website developer can call this URL to retrieve the latest published content in JSON format and display it on your curriculum pages — no manual copy-and-paste required.
Contact support@cleverschool.systems to get your school’s unique API URL.
The API follows this structure:
A successful response returns JSON containing the units of work for that year and subject, including vocabulary items with meanings and examples, and SMSC coverage tags with detail notes.
Displaying curriculum data from the JSON API requires your website developer to have knowledge of working with JSON format data. The API returns raw JSON — rendering it on the page is the responsibility of your web team.

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Getting Started

Getting Started

Learn how to set up your subjects, add units of work, and publish your first curriculum content.