Cloning and versioning a curriculum profile

When to clone

Clone a curriculum when you need to:

• Customise indicators, adding your school's own learning intentions to a standard framework
• Translate content, renaming indicators from English to Yoruba, French, or any other language
• Create an annual version, keeping this year's EYFS framework separate from last year's so historic records remain accurately dated
• Trial changes safely, testing a modified indicator structure without affecting the live framework

How to clone a curriculum

1. Go to Curriculum Centre → Installed Curricula.
2. Find the framework you want to clone.
3. Click the Copy icon button on the framework card (the duplicate icon in the card's action row).
4. The clone is created immediately and appears in Installed Curricula with the name "Original Name (copy)" and an active status badge. Rename it to something descriptive by opening it via the Configure button. Good naming examples:
   • "EYFS 2024–25, Sunshine School Custom"
   • "British-Nigerian Hybrid, Yoruba Indicators"
   • "NERDC Early Years, Third Term 2025"

Editing a cloned curriculum

1. Click the clone's name to open its editor.
2. The framework structure appears as a tree: Domain → Sub-domain → Indicators.
3. To add a new indicator: navigate to the relevant sub-domain and click Add Indicator. Enter the indicator text and (optionally) an age band or context note.
4. To rename an indicator: click its text, edit, and press Enter. Changes save immediately.
5. To remove an indicator: click the delete icon. You will be warned if any assessments have been recorded against that indicator.
6. To reorder indicators within a sub-domain: drag and drop using the handle icon on the left.

Assigning a cloned curriculum

Once your clone is ready, assign it to classes exactly as you would an installed framework (article 2.4). Clones appear in the same assignment panel alongside installed frameworks. Make sure you assign the clone, not the original, to the classes that need the customised version.

Versioning across academic years

Best practice for annual versioning:

1. At the end of Year 1, archive the current Year 1 framework (or clone if it was already a clone).
2. At the start of Year 2, clone last year's version to create a Year 2 version.
3. Make any Year 2 adjustments to the new clone.
4. Assign the Year 2 clone to the new year's classes.

This gives you a complete, dated audit trail of your curriculum over time, and ensures that Year 1 assessment records always open against the Year 1 framework, not a modified Year 2 version.

Common mistakes

• Cloning and then editing the original instead of the clone, after cloning confirm you are in the copy (its name includes "(copy)" until renamed) before making changes.
• Naming clones generically ("EYFS Copy 1"), after 3 academic years you will have four copies with similar names and no idea which is which.
• Assigning the original framework and its clone to different sections of the same class level, this creates inconsistency in assessment data across the same year group.
• Adding many custom indicators without thinking about teacher workload, each additional indicator is another thing teachers are expected to assess. Keep customisations targeted and meaningful.