diff --git a/app/job/rest.py b/app/job/rest.py
index 8f6512404..1a1f512f3 100644
--- a/app/job/rest.py
+++ b/app/job/rest.py
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ from app.dao.services_dao import (
 from app.dao.templates_dao import (dao_get_template_by_id)
 from app.dao.notifications_dao import get_notifications_for_job
 
-from app.schemas import job_schema, unarchived_template_schema, notifications_filter_schema, notification_status_schema
+from app.schemas import (
+    job_schema,
+    unarchived_template_schema,
+    notifications_filter_schema,
+    notification_schema
+)
 
 from app.celery.tasks import process_job
 
@@ -57,7 +62,7 @@ def get_all_notifications_for_service_job(service_id, job_id):
     kwargs['service_id'] = service_id
     kwargs['job_id'] = job_id
     return jsonify(
-        notifications=notification_status_schema.dump(pagination.items, many=True).data,
+        notifications=notification_schema.dump(pagination.items, many=True).data,
         page_size=page_size,
         total=pagination.total,
         links=pagination_links(
diff --git a/app/notifications/rest.py b/app/notifications/rest.py
index bffc59b98..6ec85e463 100644
--- a/app/notifications/rest.py
+++ b/app/notifications/rest.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from app.notifications.process_client_response import (
 from app.schemas import (
     email_notification_schema,
     sms_template_notification_schema,
-    notification_status_schema,
+    notification_with_template_schema,
     notifications_filter_schema,
     notifications_statistics_schema,
     day_schema,
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def get_notifications(notification_id):
     notification = notifications_dao.get_notification(str(api_user.service_id),
                                                       notification_id,
                                                       key_type=api_user.key_type)
-    return jsonify(data={"notification": notification_status_schema.dump(notification).data}), 200
+    return jsonify(data={"notification": notification_with_template_schema.dump(notification).data}), 200
 
 
 @notifications.route('/notifications', methods=['GET'])
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def get_all_notifications():
         limit_days=limit_days,
         key_type=api_user.key_type)
     return jsonify(
-        notifications=notification_status_schema.dump(pagination.items, many=True).data,
+        notifications=notification_with_template_schema.dump(pagination.items, many=True).data,
         page_size=page_size,
         total=pagination.total,
         links=pagination_links(
diff --git a/app/schemas.py b/app/schemas.py
index 7857a728e..baeceac3d 100644
--- a/app/schemas.py
+++ b/app/schemas.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class NotificationModelSchema(BaseSchema):
     class Meta:
         model = models.Notification
         strict = True
-        exclude = ("_personalisation",)
+        exclude = ('_personalisation', 'job', 'service', 'template', 'api_key', '')
 
 
 class BaseTemplateSchema(BaseSchema):
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class SmsAdminNotificationSchema(SmsNotificationSchema):
     content = fields.Str(required=True)
 
 
-class NotificationStatusSchema(BaseSchema):
+class NotificationWithTemplateSchema(BaseSchema):
 
     template = fields.Nested(TemplateSchema, only=["id", "name", "template_type", "content", "subject"], dump_only=True)
     job = fields.Nested(JobSchema, only=["id", "original_file_name"], dump_only=True)
@@ -516,8 +516,9 @@ sms_template_notification_schema = SmsTemplateNotificationSchema()
 job_sms_template_notification_schema = JobSmsTemplateNotificationSchema()
 email_notification_schema = EmailNotificationSchema()
 job_email_template_notification_schema = JobEmailTemplateNotificationSchema()
-notification_status_schema = NotificationStatusSchema()
-notification_status_schema_load_json = NotificationStatusSchema(load_json=True)
+notification_schema = NotificationModelSchema()
+notification_with_template_schema = NotificationWithTemplateSchema()
+notification_with_template_schema_load_json = NotificationWithTemplateSchema(load_json=True)
 invited_user_schema = InvitedUserSchema()
 permission_schema = PermissionSchema()
 email_data_request_schema = EmailDataSchema()
diff --git a/app/service/rest.py b/app/service/rest.py
index 617ccb84d..b6b3e461b 100644
--- a/app/service/rest.py
+++ b/app/service/rest.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from app.schemas import (
     user_schema,
     from_to_date_schema,
     permission_schema,
-    notification_status_schema,
+    notification_with_template_schema,
     notifications_filter_schema,
     detailed_service_schema
 )
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def get_all_notifications_for_service(service_id):
     kwargs = request.args.to_dict()
     kwargs['service_id'] = service_id
     return jsonify(
-        notifications=notification_status_schema.dump(pagination.items, many=True).data,
+        notifications=notification_with_template_schema.dump(pagination.items, many=True).data,
         page_size=page_size,
         total=pagination.total,
         links=pagination_links(
diff --git a/app/spec/rest.py b/app/spec/rest.py
index 400cb5849..9cd36c381 100644
--- a/app/spec/rest.py
+++ b/app/spec/rest.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ api_spec = APISpec(
     version='0.0.0'
 )
 
-api_spec.definition('NotificationStatusSchema', properties={
+api_spec.definition('NotificationWithTemplateSchema', properties={
     "content_char_count": {
         "format": "int32",
         "type": "integer"
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ api_spec.definition('NotificationStatusSchema', properties={
 })
 api_spec.definition('NotificationSchema', properties={
     "notification": {
-        "$ref": "#/definitions/NotificationStatusSchema"
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/NotificationWithTemplateSchema"
     }
 })
 api_spec.definition('NotificationsSchema', properties={
     "notifications": {
         "type": "array",
         "items": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/NotificationStatusSchema"
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/NotificationWithTemplateSchema"
         }
     }
 })
diff --git a/tests/app/job/test_rest.py b/tests/app/job/test_rest.py
index ea65bb447..c7a056f77 100644
--- a/tests/app/job/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/app/job/test_rest.py
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ def test_get_all_notifications_for_job_in_order_of_job_number(notify_api,
         assert resp['notifications'][2]['job_row_number'] == notification_3.job_row_number
         assert response.status_code == 200
 
+        # make sure we're not loading templates
+        assert 'template' not in resp['notifications'][0]
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "expected_notification_count, status_args",