diff --git a/app/v2/template/template_schemas.py b/app/v2/template/template_schemas.py
index fc727302b..5a5a9ece8 100644
--- a/app/v2/template/template_schemas.py
+++ b/app/v2/template/template_schemas.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from app.models import TEMPLATE_TYPES
-from app.schema_validation.definitions import uuid
+from app.schema_validation.definitions import uuid, personalisation
 
 
 get_template_by_id_request = {
@@ -39,3 +39,30 @@ get_template_by_id_response = {
     },
     "required": ["id", "type", "created_at", "updated_at", "version", "created_by", "body"]
 }
+
+post_template_preview_request = {
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+    "description": "POST template schema",
+    "type": "object",
+    "title": "POST v2/template/{id}/preview",
+    "properties": {
+        "id": uuid,
+        "personalisation": personalisation
+    },
+    "required": ["id", "personalisation"]
+}
+
+post_template_preview_response = {
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+    "description": "POST template preview schema response",
+    "type": "object",
+    "title": "reponse v2/template/{id}/preview",
+    "properties": {
+        "id": uuid,
+        "type": {"enum": TEMPLATE_TYPES},
+        "version": {"type": "integer"},
+        "body": {"type": "string"},
+        "subject": {"type": ["string", "null"]}
+    },
+    "required": ["id", "type", "version", "body"]
+}
diff --git a/tests/app/v2/template/test_template_schemas.py b/tests/app/v2/template/test_template_schemas.py
index 3a89cf5e2..e40d53f80 100644
--- a/tests/app/v2/template/test_template_schemas.py
+++ b/tests/app/v2/template/test_template_schemas.py
@@ -3,37 +3,39 @@ import uuid
 import pytest
 from flask import json
 
+from app.models import EMAIL_TYPE, SMS_TYPE, LETTER_TYPE, TEMPLATE_TYPES
 from app.v2.template.template_schemas import (
     get_template_by_id_response,
-    get_template_by_id_request
+    get_template_by_id_request,
+    post_template_preview_request,
+    post_template_preview_response
 )
 from app.schema_validation import validate
 from jsonschema.exceptions import ValidationError
 
 
-valid_json = {
+valid_json_get_response = {
     'id': str(uuid.uuid4()),
-    'type': 'email',
+    'type': SMS_TYPE,
     'created_at': '2017-01-10T18:25:43.511Z',
     'updated_at': None,
     'version': 1,
     'created_by': 'someone@test.com',
-    'body': "some body"
+    'body': 'some body'
 }
 
-valid_json_with_optionals = {
+valid_json_get_response_with_optionals = {
     'id': str(uuid.uuid4()),
-    'type': 'email',
+    'type': EMAIL_TYPE,
     'created_at': '2017-01-10T18:25:43.511Z',
     'updated_at': None,
     'version': 1,
     'created_by': 'someone',
-    'body': "some body",
+    'body': 'some body',
     'subject': "some subject"
 }
 
-valid_request_args = [
-    {"id": str(uuid.uuid4()), "version": 1}, {"id": str(uuid.uuid4())}]
+valid_request_args = [{"id": str(uuid.uuid4()), "version": 1}, {"id": str(uuid.uuid4())}]
 
 invalid_request_args = [
     ({"id": str(uuid.uuid4()), "version": "test"}, ["version test is not of type integer, null"]),
@@ -43,6 +45,39 @@ invalid_request_args = [
     ({"id": "invalid_uuid", "version": 0}, ["version 0 is less than the minimum of 1", "id is not a valid UUID"])
 ]
 
+valid_json_post_args = {
+    "id": str(uuid.uuid4()),
+    "personalisation": {"key": "value"}
+}
+
+invalid_json_post_args = [
+    ({"id": "invalid_uuid", "personalisation": {"key": "value"}}, ["id is not a valid UUID"]),
+    ({"id": str(uuid.uuid4()), "personalisation": "invalid_personalisation"},
+     ["personalisation should contain key value pairs"]),
+    ({"id": str(uuid.uuid4())}, ["personalisation is a required property"]),
+    ({"personalisation": "invalid_personalisation"},
+        ["id is a required property",
+         "personalisation is a required property",
+         "personalisation should contain key value pairs"])
+]
+
+valid_json_post_response = {
+    'id': str(uuid.uuid4()),
+    'type': 'email',
+    'version': 1,
+    'created_by': 'someone@test.com',
+    'body': 'some body'
+}
+
+valid_json_post_response_with_optionals = {
+    'id': str(uuid.uuid4()),
+    'type': 'email',
+    'version': 1,
+    'created_by': 'someone@test.com',
+    'body': "some body",
+    'subject': 'some subject'
+}
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("args", valid_request_args)
 def test_get_template_request_schema_against_valid_args_is_valid(args):
@@ -61,10 +96,41 @@ def test_get_template_request_schema_against_invalid_args_is_invalid(args, error
         assert error['message'] in error_message
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("response", [valid_json, valid_json_with_optionals])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("template_type", TEMPLATE_TYPES)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("updated_datetime", [None, '2017-01-11T18:25:43.511Z'])
-def test_get_template_response_schema_is_valid(response, updated_datetime):
+def test_get_template_response_schema_is_valid(template_type, updated_datetime):
     if updated_datetime:
-        response['updated_at'] = updated_datetime
+        valid_json_get_response['updated_at'] = updated_datetime
 
-    assert validate(response, get_template_by_id_response) == response
+    valid_json_get_response['type'] = template_type
+
+    if template_type != EMAIL_TYPE:
+        valid_json_get_response['subject'] = None
+
+    assert validate(valid_json_get_response, get_template_by_id_response) == valid_json_get_response
+
+
+def test_post_template_preview_against_valid_args_is_valid():
+    assert validate(valid_json_post_args, post_template_preview_request) == valid_json_post_args
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("args,error_message", invalid_json_post_args)
+def test_post_template_preview_against_invalid_args_is_invalid(args, error_message):
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as e:
+        validate(args, post_template_preview_request)
+    errors = json.loads(str(e.value))
+
+    assert errors['status_code'] == 400
+
+    for error in errors['errors']:
+        assert error['message'] in error_message
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("template_type", TEMPLATE_TYPES)
+def test_post_template_preview_response_schema_is_valid(template_type):
+    valid_json_post_response['type'] = template_type
+
+    if template_type != EMAIL_TYPE:
+        valid_json_post_response['subject'] = None
+
+    assert validate(valid_json_post_response, post_template_preview_response) == valid_json_post_response