diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend.yaml b/.github/workflows/backend.yaml
index 3c9d12c1..4b6591f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ on:
         type: number
         required: false
         default: 3.8
+      # TODO: remove this after restructure and standardize source path.
+      source-path:
+        description: "The path to the source files."
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: "api"
     secrets:
       CODECOV_TOKEN:
         description: "The token used to gain access to Codecov."
@@ -22,21 +28,23 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
     with:
       python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
-      source-path: src
+      source-path: ${{ inputs.source-path }}
 
   deploy:
     permissions:
-      id-token: 'write' # TODO: separate build and deploy jobs and create reusable deploy workflow
+      id-token: "write" # TODO: separate build and deploy jobs and create reusable deploy workflow
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [validate-pr-refs, test]
     # Deploy if:
     #  - the previous jobs did not fail (see [needs]).
     #  - the workflow was not cancelled.
     #  - the repo's owner is Ocado Tech.
+    #  - the repo is not the backend template.
     #  - a change is made to an environment's branch.
     if: |
       always() && !failure() && !cancelled() &&
-      github.repository_owner_id == 2088731 && (
+      github.repository_owner_id == 2088731 &&
+      github.repository_id != 610204172 && (
         github.ref_name == 'production' ||
         github.ref_name == 'development' ||
         github.ref_name == 'staging'
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c12a8278..a264e42c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 [submodule "codeforlife-package-javascript"]
 	path = codeforlife-package-javascript
 	url = https://github.com/ocadotechnology/codeforlife-package-javascript.git
-[submodule "codeforlife-service-template"]
-	path = codeforlife-service-template
-	url = https://github.com/ocadotechnology/codeforlife-service-template.git
 [submodule "codeforlife-sso"]
 	path = codeforlife-sso
 	url = https://github.com/ocadotechnology/codeforlife-sso.git
@@ -28,3 +25,6 @@
 [submodule "codeforlife-portal-backend"]
 	path = codeforlife-portal-backend
 	url = https://github.com/ocadotechnology/codeforlife-portal-backend.git
+[submodule "codeforlife-template-backend"]
+	path = codeforlife-template-backend
+	url = https://github.com/ocadotechnology/codeforlife-template-backend.git
diff --git a/.submodules/config/configs.jsonc b/.submodules/config/configs.jsonc
index 14859433..eac5a4ae 100644
--- a/.submodules/config/configs.jsonc
+++ b/.submodules/config/configs.jsonc
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@
     ],
     "description": "A devcontainer for a backend micro-service.",
     "submodules": [
+      "codeforlife-template-backend",
       "codeforlife-portal-backend"
     ],
     "vscode": {
@@ -366,10 +367,10 @@
         ],
         "!python.testing.pytestArgs": [
           "-n=auto",
-          "--cov=src",
+          "--cov=api",
           "--cov-report=html",
           "-c=pyproject.toml",
-          "src"
+          "api"
         ]
       },
       "tasks": {
@@ -396,6 +397,9 @@
               "runserver",
               "localhost:8000"
             ],
+            "env": {
+              "?SERVICE_NAME": "replace-me"
+            },
             "preLaunchTask": "setup"
           }
         ]
diff --git a/codeforlife-service-template b/codeforlife-service-template
deleted file mode 160000
index a08d96e1..00000000
--- a/codeforlife-service-template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a08d96e1b882b70b45881fc65c2b63e784265382
diff --git a/codeforlife-template-backend b/codeforlife-template-backend
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..99ebb7f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codeforlife-template-backend
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 99ebb7f6f47cd56f19eddf1bf1f84d4b49ba9aae
diff --git a/scripts/backend/hard-install b/scripts/backend/hard-install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eda5b2fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backend/hard-install
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+rm -f Pipfile.lock
+shopt -s extglob
+rm -rf .venv/!(".gitkeep")
+shopt -u extglob
+pipenv install --dev
diff --git a/scripts/backend/run b/scripts/backend/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f60f3e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backend/run
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ocadotechnology/codeforlife-workspace/main/scripts/backend/setup | bash
+
+pipenv run python manage.py runserver localhost:8000
diff --git a/scripts/backend/setup b/scripts/backend/setup
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65806c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backend/setup
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+pipenv install --dev
+pipenv run python manage.py migrate --noinput
+pipenv run python manage.py load_fixtures api
+pipenv run python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --clear
diff --git a/scripts/frontend/hard-install b/scripts/frontend/hard-install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8191494c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/frontend/hard-install
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+rm -f yarn.lock
+rm -rf node_modules
+yarn cache clean codeforlife
+yarn install --production=false
diff --git a/scripts/frontend/run b/scripts/frontend/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22994acd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/frontend/run
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ocadotechnology/codeforlife-workspace/main/scripts/frontend/setup | bash
+
+yarn dev
diff --git a/scripts/frontend/setup b/scripts/frontend/setup
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94b55889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/frontend/setup
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+yarn install --production=false