diff --git a/app/controllers/content_controller.rb b/app/controllers/content_controller.rb
index 1ee9f55d4..ecac6ee5a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/content_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/content_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 class ContentController < ApplicationController
-  include ContentHelper
-
   def accessibility_statement
     render_content_page :accessibility_statement
   end
@@ -8,4 +6,19 @@ class ContentController < ApplicationController
   def privacy_notice
     render_content_page :privacy_notice, page_title: "Privacy notice for tenants and buyers of new social housing"
   end
+
+private
+
+  def render_content_page(page_name, page_title: nil, locals: {})
+    raw_content = File.read("app/views/content/#{page_name}.md")
+    content_with_erb_tags_replaced = ApplicationController.renderer.render(
+      inline: raw_content,
+      locals:,
+    )
+
+    @page_title = page_title || page_name.to_s.humanize
+    @page_content = GovukMarkdown.render(content_with_erb_tags_replaced).html_safe
+
+    render "content/page"
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/content_helper.rb b/app/helpers/content_helper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f81e9a3c..000000000
--- a/app/helpers/content_helper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-module ContentHelper
-  def render_content_page(page_name, page_title: nil, locals: {})
-    raw_content = File.read("app/views/content/#{page_name}.md")
-    content_with_erb_tags_replaced = ApplicationController.renderer.render(
-      inline: raw_content,
-      locals:,
-    )
-
-    page_title ||= page_name.to_s.humanize
-    page_content = GovukMarkdown.render(content_with_erb_tags_replaced).html_safe
-
-    render "content/page", locals: { page_title:, page_content: }
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/views/content/page.html.erb b/app/views/content/page.html.erb
index 87b59160e..39acc46f9 100644
--- a/app/views/content/page.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/content/page.html.erb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-<%= content_for :title, page_title %>
+<%= content_for :title, @page_title %>
 
 <div class="govuk-grid-row">
   <div class="govuk-grid-column-two-thirds-from-desktop">
-    <h1 class="govuk-heading-xl"><%= page_title %></h1>
+    <h1 class="govuk-heading-xl"><%= @page_title %></h1>
 
-    <%= page_content %>
+    <%= @page_content %>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/spec/helpers/content_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/content_helper_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c5172226..000000000
--- a/spec/helpers/content_helper_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-require "rails_helper"
-
-RSpec.describe ContentHelper do
-  let(:page_name) { "privacy_notice" }
-
-  describe "render content page" do
-    it "returns the page" do
-      expected_html = "Privacy notice"
-      expect(render_content_page(page_name)).to match(expected_html)
-      expect(page).to have_title("Privacy notice")
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/requests/content_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/content_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78a236709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/content_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe ContentController, type: :request do
+  let(:headers) { { "Accept" => "text/html" } }
+  let(:page) { Capybara::Node::Simple.new(response.body) }
+
+  describe "render privacy notice content page" do
+    before do
+      get "/privacy-notice", headers: headers, params: {}
+    end
+
+    it "returns a 200" do
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+    end
+
+    it "returns the page" do
+      expect(page).to have_title("Privacy notice")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "render accessibility statement content page" do
+    before do
+      get "/accessibility-statement", headers: headers, params: {}
+    end
+
+    it "returns a 200" do
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+    end
+
+    it "returns the page" do
+      expect(page).to have_title("Accessibility statement")
+    end
+  end
+end