diff --git a/app/models.py b/app/models.py
index 8e266e46f..43d7f9930 100644
--- a/app/models.py
+++ b/app/models.py
@@ -258,6 +258,11 @@ class NotificationStatistics(db.Model):
     )
 
 
+class TemplateProcessTypes(db.Model):
+    __tablename__ = 'template_process_type'
+    name = db.Column(db.String(255), primary_key=True)
+
+
 SMS_TYPE = 'sms'
 EMAIL_TYPE = 'email'
 LETTER_TYPE = 'letter'
@@ -266,6 +271,10 @@ TEMPLATE_TYPES = [SMS_TYPE, EMAIL_TYPE, LETTER_TYPE]
 
 template_types = db.Enum(*TEMPLATE_TYPES, name='template_type')
 
+NORMAL = 'normal'
+PRIORITY = 'priority'
+TEMPLATE_PROCESS_TYPE = [NORMAL, PRIORITY]
+
 
 class Template(db.Model):
     __tablename__ = 'templates'
@@ -293,6 +302,11 @@ class Template(db.Model):
     created_by_id = db.Column(UUID(as_uuid=True), db.ForeignKey('users.id'), index=True, nullable=False)
     created_by = db.relationship('User')
     version = db.Column(db.Integer, default=1, nullable=False)
+    process_type = db.Column(db.String(255),
+                             db.ForeignKey('template_process_type.name'),
+                             index=True,
+                             nullable=True,
+                             default=NORMAL)
 
     def get_link(self):
         # TODO: use "/v2/" route once available
@@ -320,7 +334,11 @@ class TemplateHistory(db.Model):
     created_by_id = db.Column(UUID(as_uuid=True), db.ForeignKey('users.id'), index=True, nullable=False)
     created_by = db.relationship('User')
     version = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-
+    process_type = db.Column(db.String(255),
+                             db.ForeignKey('template_process_type.name'),
+                             index=True,
+                             nullable=True,
+                             default=NORMAL)
 
 MMG_PROVIDER = "mmg"
 FIRETEXT_PROVIDER = "firetext"
diff --git a/migrations/versions/0063_templates_process_type.py b/migrations/versions/0063_templates_process_type.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae4b7ca36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/0063_templates_process_type.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""empty message
+
+Revision ID: 0063_templates_process_type
+Revises: 0062_provider_details_history
+Create Date: 2017-01-10 15:39:30.909308
+
+"""
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '0063_templates_process_type'
+down_revision = '0062_provider_details_history'
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.create_table('template_process_type',
+    sa.Column('name', sa.String(length=255), nullable=False),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('name')
+    )
+    op.execute("INSERT INTO template_process_type VALUES ('normal'), ('priority')")
+    op.add_column('templates', sa.Column('process_type', sa.String(length=255), nullable=True))
+    op.create_index(op.f('ix_templates_process_type'), 'templates', ['process_type'], unique=False)
+    op.create_foreign_key('templates_history_process_type_fkey', 'templates', 'template_process_type', ['process_type'], ['name'])
+    op.add_column('templates_history', sa.Column('process_type', sa.String(length=255), nullable=True))
+    op.create_index(op.f('ix_templates_history_process_type'), 'templates_history', ['process_type'], unique=False)
+    op.create_foreign_key('templates_process_type_fkey', 'templates_history', 'template_process_type', ['process_type'], ['name'])
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    op.drop_constraint('templates_history_process_type_fkey', 'templates_history', type_='foreignkey')
+    op.drop_index(op.f('ix_templates_history_process_type'), table_name='templates_history')
+    op.drop_column('templates_history', 'process_type')
+    op.drop_constraint('templates_process_type_fkey', 'templates', type_='foreignkey')
+    op.drop_index(op.f('ix_templates_process_type'), table_name='templates')
+    op.drop_column('templates', 'process_type')
+    op.drop_table('template_process_type')
diff --git a/tests/app/notifications/test_process_notification.py b/tests/app/notifications/test_process_notification.py
index bb3b1d8b6..f14c0fbc0 100644
--- a/tests/app/notifications/test_process_notification.py
+++ b/tests/app/notifications/test_process_notification.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from app.notifications import SendNotificationToQueueError
 from app.notifications.process_notifications import (create_content_for_notification,
                                                      persist_notification, send_notification_to_queue)
 from app.v2.errors import BadRequestError
-from tests.app.conftest import sample_notification, sample_template, sample_email_template
 
 
 def test_create_content_for_notification_passes(sample_email_template):
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 13e705880..64bbc55a0 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -70,7 +70,12 @@ def notify_db_session(notify_db):
 
     notify_db.session.remove()
     for tbl in reversed(notify_db.metadata.sorted_tables):
-        if tbl.name not in ["provider_details", "key_types", "branding_type", "job_status", "provider_details_history"]:
+        if tbl.name not in ["provider_details",
+                            "key_types",
+                            "branding_type",
+                            "job_status",
+                            "provider_details_history",
+                            "template_process_type"]:
             notify_db.engine.execute(tbl.delete())
     notify_db.session.commit()