diff --git a/metrics/api/settings/__init__.py b/metrics/api/settings/__init__.py
index bfb41ba1f..12f4f7d5f 100644
--- a/metrics/api/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/metrics/api/settings/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 match config.APIENV:
     case "LOCAL":
         from .local import *
+    case "TEST":
+        from .test import *
     case "STANDALONE":
         from .standalone import *
 
diff --git a/metrics/api/settings/test.py b/metrics/api/settings/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38f1455d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics/api/settings/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import os
+
+from metrics.api.settings import ROOT_LEVEL_BASE_DIR
+
+DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_NUMBER_FIELDS = None
+
+DEBUG = True
+
+DATABASES = {
+    "default": {
+        "TIME_ZONE": "Europe/London",
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
+        "NAME": os.path.join(ROOT_LEVEL_BASE_DIR, "test.sqlite3"),
+    },
+    "test": {
+        "TIME_ZONE": "Europe/London",
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
+        "NAME": os.path.join(ROOT_LEVEL_BASE_DIR, "test.sqlite3"),
+    },
+}
+
+INTERNAL_IPS = ["127.0.0.1"]
diff --git a/metrics/api/urls_construction.py b/metrics/api/urls_construction.py
index 57ac14819..6dd3cd6a9 100644
--- a/metrics/api/urls_construction.py
+++ b/metrics/api/urls_construction.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def construct_cms_admin_urlpatterns(
     ]
 
 
-DEFAULT_PUBLIC_API_PREFIX = "api/public/timeseries/"
+DEFAULT_PUBLIC_API_PREFIX = "api/public/"
 
 
 def construct_public_api_urlpatterns(
diff --git a/public_api/urls.py b/public_api/urls.py
index ca1b3870f..a6eba4212 100644
--- a/public_api/urls.py
+++ b/public_api/urls.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     GeographyTypeListViewV2,
     MetricListViewV2,
     PublicAPIRootViewV2,
+    SearchView,
     SubThemeDetailViewV2,
     SubThemeListViewV2,
     ThemeDetailViewV2,
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@
 )
 from public_api.views.timeseries_viewset import APITimeSeriesViewSet
 
+TIMESERIES_PREFIX = "timeseries/"
+SEARCH_PREFIX = "search/"
+
 
 def construct_url_patterns_for_public_api(
     *,
@@ -48,8 +52,12 @@ def construct_url_patterns_for_public_api(
         set of versioned URLS.
     """
     urls = []
-    urls.extend(_construct_version_one_urls(prefix=prefix))
-    urls.extend(_construct_version_two_urls(prefix=prefix))
+    # Timeseries API
+    urls.extend(_construct_version_one_urls(prefix=prefix + TIMESERIES_PREFIX))
+    urls.extend(_construct_version_two_urls(prefix=prefix + TIMESERIES_PREFIX))
+
+    # Search API
+    urls.extend(_construct_search_urls(prefix=prefix + SEARCH_PREFIX))
 
     if MetricsPublicAPIInterface.is_auth_enabled():
         urls.append(
@@ -222,3 +230,25 @@ def _construct_version_two_urls(
             name="timeseries-list-v2",
         ),
     ]
+
+
+def _construct_search_urls(
+    *,
+    prefix: str,
+) -> list[resolvers.URLResolver]:
+    """Returns a list of URLResolvers for the public search API
+
+    Args:
+        prefix: The prefix to add to the start of the url paths
+
+    Returns:
+        List of `URLResolver` objects each representing a
+        set of versioned URLS.
+    """
+    return [
+        path(
+            f"{prefix}v1",
+            SearchView.as_view(),
+            name="search",
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/public_api/version_02/views/__init__.py b/public_api/version_02/views/__init__.py
index aa39e1c87..913114386 100644
--- a/public_api/version_02/views/__init__.py
+++ b/public_api/version_02/views/__init__.py
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@
 )
 
 from .root_view import PublicAPIRootViewV2
+
+from .search import SearchView
diff --git a/public_api/version_02/views/search.py b/public_api/version_02/views/search.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf980a465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public_api/version_02/views/search.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from drf_spectacular.utils import extend_schema
+from rest_framework.request import Request
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.views import APIView
+from wagtail.api.v2.serializers import get_serializer_class
+from wagtail.models import Page
+
+from cms.topic.models import TopicPage
+from public_api.version_02.views.base import PUBLIC_API_TAG
+
+
+@extend_schema(tags=[PUBLIC_API_TAG])
+class SearchView(APIView):
+    """This endpoint provides search results and could in the future provide
+    autocomplete suggestions etc.
+
+    """
+
+    def get(self, request: Request):
+        search = request.GET.get("search")
+        limit = int(request.GET.get("limit", 0))
+        fields = request.GET.get("fields", ["title", "slug"])
+        meta = request.GET.get("meta", ["id"])
+        topic_results = TopicPage.objects.all().search(search)
+        if not limit or topic_results.count() < limit:
+            # TODO: go get more
+            # results = queryset
+            results = topic_results
+        else:
+            results = topic_results[0:limit]
+        print(f"AIDAN: returning {results}")
+        serialized = get_serializer_class(Page, fields, meta)(results, many=True)
+        return Response(serialized.data)
diff --git a/scripts/_cache.sh b/scripts/_cache.sh
index e8350dd7b..9896e16b7 100644
--- a/scripts/_cache.sh
+++ b/scripts/_cache.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ function _cache_help() {
     echo
     echo "  flush-redis                     - flush and re-fill the redis (private api) cache"
     echo "  flush-redis-reserved-namespace  - blue-green update the reserved namespace in the redis (private api) cache"
+    echo "  flush-search                    - flush and re-build the wagtail search index"
 
     return 0
 }
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ function _cache() {
     case $verb in
         "flush-redis") _cache_flush_redis $args ;;
         "flush-redis-reserved-namespace") _cache_flush_redis_reserved_namespace $args ;;
+        "flush-search") _flush_search $args ;;
 
         *) _cache_help ;;
     esac
@@ -34,3 +36,8 @@ function _cache_flush_redis_reserved_namespace() {
     uhd venv activate
     python manage.py hydrate_private_api_cache_reserved_namespace
 }
+
+function _flush_search() {
+    uhd venv activate
+    python manage.py wagtail_update_index
+}
diff --git a/scripts/_tests.sh b/scripts/_tests.sh
index 3fac12953..8fbd606e2 100644
--- a/scripts/_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/_tests.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ function _tests_unit() {
 
 function _tests_integration() {
     uhd venv activate
-    python -m pytest tests/integration "$@"
+    rm -f test.sqlite3
+    uhd django migrate
+    uhd bootstrap all
+    pytest tests/integration "$@"
 }
 
 function _tests_system() {
diff --git a/tests/factories/cms/page.py b/tests/factories/cms/page.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..083f96e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/factories/cms/page.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import factory
+
+from cms.common.models import CommonPage
+
+
+class CommonPageFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+    """
+    Factory for creating `CommonPage` instances for tests
+    """
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = CommonPage
diff --git a/tests/factories/cms/topic.py b/tests/factories/cms/topic.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e54a7b4d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/factories/cms/topic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import factory
+
+from cms.topic.models import TopicPage
+
+
+class TopicPageFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+    """
+    Factory for creating `Topic` instances for tests
+    """
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = TopicPage
diff --git a/tests/integration/conftest.py b/tests/integration/conftest.py
index 86c26cc68..2efef4442 100644
--- a/tests/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/conftest.py
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 import pytest
 from django.utils import timezone
 
+from cms.common.models import UKHSAPage
+from cms.topic.models import TopicPage
+from tests.factories.cms.topic import TopicPageFactory
+from tests.factories.cms.page import CommonPageFactory
+
+
 from metrics.data.models.core_models import (
     Age,
     CoreHeadline,
@@ -105,6 +111,44 @@ def core_timeseries_example() -> list[CoreTimeSeries]:
     ]
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def topics() -> list[TopicPage]:
+    topics = []
+    for i in range(5):
+        title = f"title topic {i}"
+        if i % 2 == 0:
+            title += " rare"
+        topics = topics + [
+            TopicPageFactory.create(
+                path=f"topic-{i}",
+                depth=1,
+                title=title,
+                slug=f"slug-{i}",
+                seo_title=f"seo_title {i}",
+                body=f"body text {i}",
+            )
+        ]
+    return topics
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def other_pages() -> list[UKHSAPage]:
+    pages = []
+    for i in range(5):
+        pages = pages + [
+            CommonPageFactory.create(
+                path=f"page-{i}",
+                depth=1,
+                title=f"title other {i}",
+                slug=f"slug-page{i}",
+                seo_title=f"seo_title {i}",
+                body=f"body text {i}",
+            )
+        ]
+
+    return pages
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def patch_auth_enabled(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("AUTH_ENABLED", "1")
diff --git a/tests/integration/public_api/v2/views/test_search.py b/tests/integration/public_api/v2/views/test_search.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90193cd2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/public_api/v2/views/test_search.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+from http import HTTPStatus
+import os
+import pytest
+
+from rest_framework.test import RequestsClient
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+class TestSearchAPIView:
+
+    @property
+    def path(self) -> str:
+        return "/api/public/search/v1"
+
+    @property
+    def target_domain(self) -> str:
+        return os.environ.get("PUBLIC_API_TEST_DOMAIN", "http://testserver")
+
+    def test_search_finds_topics_only(self, topics, other_pages):
+        """
+        Given a string that matches all topic pages
+        When the API is called with that query and a limit of 5
+        Then the results will include only topic pages
+        """
+
+        # Given
+        limit = len(topics)
+        search = "topic"  # All topics have a title with topic in them
+        query = f"search={search}&limit={limit}"
+
+        # When
+        client = RequestsClient()
+        url = f"{self.target_domain}{self.path}?{query}"
+        response: Response = client.get(url)
+
+        # Then
+        assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.OK
+        response_data: list[dict] = response.json()
+        assert limit == len(response_data)
+        for page in topics:
+            target = {"title": page.title, "slug": page.slug}
+            assert response_data.index(target) > -1
+
+    def test_search_finds_topics_and_pages(self, topics, other_pages):
+        """
+        Given a string that matches 2 topic page
+        When the API is called with that query and no limit
+        Then the results will include the matching topic pages and others with the topics first
+        """
+
+        # Given
+        search = "rare"  # All topics have a title, only even ones have rare in it
+        query = f"search={search}"
+        expected_results = [t for t in topics if "rare" in t.title]
+
+        # When
+        client = RequestsClient()
+        url = f"{self.target_domain}{self.path}?{query}"
+        response: Response = client.get(url)
+
+        # Then
+        assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.OK
+        response_data: list[dict] = response.json()
+        assert len(expected_results) == len(response_data)
+        for page in expected_results:
+            target = {"title": page.title, "slug": page.slug}
+            assert response_data.index(target) > -1
+
+    def test_search_doesnt_find_unpublish_pages(self, topics, other_pages):
+        """
+        Given a string that matches 2 topic page
+        When the API is called with that query and no limit
+        Then the results will include the matching topic pages and others with the topics first
+        """
+
+        # Given
+        search = "rare"  # All topics have a title, only even ones have rare in it
+        query = f"search={search}"
+        expected_results = [t for t in topics if "rare" in t.title]
+
+        # When
+        client = RequestsClient()
+        url = f"{self.target_domain}{self.path}?{query}"
+        response: Response = client.get(url)
+
+        # Then
+        assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.OK
+        response_data: list[dict] = response.json()
+        assert len(expected_results) == len(response_data)
+        for page in expected_results:
+            target = {"title": page.title, "slug": page.slug}
+            assert response_data.index(target) > -1