diff --git a/app/schemas.py b/app/schemas.py
index 6199c14bd..a2601ed75 100644
--- a/app/schemas.py
+++ b/app/schemas.py
@@ -356,9 +356,7 @@ class BaseTemplateSchema(BaseSchema):
 
 class TemplateSchema(BaseTemplateSchema, UUIDsAsStringsMixin):
 
-    created_by_id = field_for(
-        models.Template, 'created_by_id', dump_to='created_by', dump_only=True
-    )
+    created_by = field_for(models.Template, 'created_by', required=True)
     process_type = field_for(models.Template, 'process_type')
     redact_personalisation = fields.Method("redact")
 
@@ -372,9 +370,6 @@ class TemplateSchema(BaseTemplateSchema, UUIDsAsStringsMixin):
             if not subject or subject.strip() == '':
                 raise ValidationError('Invalid template subject', 'subject')
 
-    class Meta(BaseTemplateSchema.Meta):
-        exclude = BaseTemplateSchema.Meta.exclude + ('created_by',)
-
 
 class TemplateSchemaNoDetail(TemplateSchema):
     class Meta(TemplateSchema.Meta):
@@ -382,6 +377,7 @@ class TemplateSchemaNoDetail(TemplateSchema):
             'archived',
             'content',
             'created_at',
+            'created_by',
             'created_by_id',
             'hidden',
             'postage',
diff --git a/tests/app/template/test_rest.py b/tests/app/template/test_rest.py
index 5b49a8cd7..59f9fbff3 100644
--- a/tests/app/template/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/app/template/test_rest.py
@@ -340,8 +340,13 @@ def test_must_have_a_subject_on_an_email_or_letter_template(client, sample_user,
 
 
 def test_update_should_update_a_template(client, sample_user):
+
     service = create_service(service_permissions=[LETTER_TYPE])
     template = create_template(service, template_type="letter", postage="second")
+
+    assert template.created_by == service.created_by
+    assert template.created_by != sample_user
+
     data = {
         'content': 'my template has new content, swell!',
         'created_by': str(sample_user.id),
@@ -366,6 +371,14 @@ def test_update_should_update_a_template(client, sample_user):
     assert update_json_resp['data']['template_type'] == template.template_type
     assert update_json_resp['data']['version'] == 2
 
+    assert update_json_resp['data']['created_by'] == str(sample_user.id)
+    assert [
+        template.created_by_id for template in TemplateHistory.query.all()
+    ] == [
+        service.created_by.id,
+        sample_user.id,
+    ]
+
 
 def test_should_be_able_to_archive_template(client, sample_template):
     data = {