diff --git a/orp/orp_search/public_gateway.py b/orp/orp_search/public_gateway.py
index 82293f5..321a75c 100644
--- a/orp/orp_search/public_gateway.py
+++ b/orp/orp_search/public_gateway.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import logging
 
-from typing import Tuple
-
 import pandas as pd
 import requests  # type: ignore
 
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@
 from orp_search.config import SearchDocumentConfig
 from orp_search.dummy_data import get_construction_data_as_dataframe
 
-from django.core.paginator import InvalidPage, Paginator
+from django.core.paginator import EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger, Paginator
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -39,9 +37,9 @@ def _build_like_conditions(self, field, terms):
         """
         return " OR ".join([f"{field} LIKE '%{term}%'" for term in terms])
 
-    def paginate_results(
+    def finalise_results(
         self, config: SearchDocumentConfig, results, context
-    ) -> Tuple[dict, Paginator]:
+    ) -> dict:
         """
         Paginates the given search results based on the provided configuration.
 
@@ -66,29 +64,35 @@ def paginate_results(
         paginator = Paginator(results, config.limit)
         try:
             paginated_documents = paginator.page(config.offset)
-        except InvalidPage:
+        except PageNotAnInteger:
             paginated_documents = paginator.page(1)
+        except EmptyPage:
+            paginated_documents = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages)
+
+        # Iterate over each document in paginated_documents
+        if paginated_documents:
+            for paginated_document in paginated_documents:
+                if "description" in paginated_document:
+                    paginated_document["description"] = (
+                        paginated_document["description"][:100] + "..."
+                        if len(paginated_document["description"]) > 100
+                        else paginated_document["description"]
+                    )
+                if "regulatory_topics" in paginated_document:
+                    paginated_document["regulatory_topics"] = str(
+                        paginated_document["regulatory_topics"]
+                    ).split("\n")
+
+        # Pass the paginated results to the template
         context["is_paginated"] = paginator.num_pages > 1
+        context["results"] = paginated_documents
         context["documents"] = paginated_documents
         context["paginator"] = paginator
         context["page_obj"] = paginated_documents
-        return context, paginator
-
-    def calculate_total_pages(self, config, results_count):
-        """
-        Calculates the total number of pages for pagination.
-
-        Args:
-            total_results (int): The total number of search results.
-            limit (int): The number of results per page.
-
-        Returns:
-            int: The total number of pages.
-        """
-
-        if config.limit <= 0:
-            raise ValueError("limit must be greater than 0")
-        return (results_count + config.limit - 1) // config.limit
+        context["results_count"] = paginator.count
+        context["results_page_total"] = paginator.num_pages
+        context["current_page"] = config.offset
+        return context
 
     def search(self, config: SearchDocumentConfig):
         # List of search terms
diff --git a/orp/orp_search/views.py b/orp/orp_search/views.py
index 0d23782..733cfdc 100644
--- a/orp/orp_search/views.py
+++ b/orp/orp_search/views.py
@@ -166,64 +166,9 @@ def search(request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse:
 
     public_gateway = PublicGateway()
     search_results = public_gateway.search(config)
-    context["results_count_total"] = len(search_results)
-
-    # search_results contains too much information for the
-    # landing page (search) so we need to filter it and
-    # reduce the amount of information to be displayed
-    # on the landing page.
-
-    if search_results:
-        context, paginator = public_gateway.paginate_results(
-            config, search_results, context
-        )
-
-        # Initialize a list to hold all results from all pages
-        paginated_search_results = []
-
-        # Iterate over each page
-        for page_num in paginator.page_range:
-            # Get the page
-            page = paginator.page(page_num)
-            # Add the objects of the current page to the aggregate list
-
-            for result in page.object_list:
-                paginated_search_results.append(
-                    {
-                        "id": result["id"],
-                        "title": result["title"],
-                        "publisher": result["publisher"],
-                        "description": (
-                            result["description"][:100] + "..."
-                            if len(result["description"]) > 100
-                            else result["description"]
-                        ),
-                        "date_issued": result["date_issued"],
-                        "date_modified": result["date_modified"],
-                        "document_type": result["type"],
-                        "regulatory_topics": result["regulatory_topics"].split(
-                            "\n"
-                        ),
-                    }
-                )
-
-        # We can use the following code to filter the search_results list:
-        context["results_count"] = len(paginated_search_results)
-    else:
-        paginated_search_results = []
 
-    context["current_page"] = config.offset
-    context["results"] = paginated_search_results
-    context["results_count"] = len(paginated_search_results)
-    context["results_page_total"] = public_gateway.calculate_total_pages(
-        config, context["results_count_total"]
-    )
+    context = public_gateway.finalise_results(config, search_results, context)
 
     logger.info("search results: %s", context["results"])
     logger.info("search results count: %s", context["results_count"])
-    logger.info(
-        "search results total count: %s", context["results_count_total"]
-    )
-    logger.info("search results page total: %s", context["results_page_total"])
-    logger.debug("paginated search results: %s", paginated_search_results)
     return render(request, template_name="orp.html", context=context)