diff --git a/src/features/grading/GradingTypes.ts b/src/features/grading/GradingTypes.ts
index bb9f4c667c..04c1364c19 100644
--- a/src/features/grading/GradingTypes.ts
+++ b/src/features/grading/GradingTypes.ts
@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ export type AllColsSortStates = {
 
 export type ColumnFiltersState = ColumnFilter[];
 
-export type ColumnFilter = {
-  id: string;
-  value: unknown;
-};
+export type ColumnFilter = { id: string; value: unknown };
 
 export type GradingColumnVisibility = ColumnFieldsKeys[];
 
@@ -163,7 +160,6 @@ export type IGradingTableProperties = {
   suppressMenuHide: boolean;
   suppressPaginationPanel: boolean;
   suppressRowClickSelection: boolean;
-  tableHeight: string;
   tableMargins: string;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/pages/academy/grading/Grading.tsx b/src/pages/academy/grading/Grading.tsx
index c8924c14bc..4685546f1e 100644
--- a/src/pages/academy/grading/Grading.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/academy/grading/Grading.tsx
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ const Grading: React.FC = () => {
         gradingOverviews?.data === undefined ? (
           loadingDisplay
         ) : (
-          <GradingFlex flexDirection="column" className="grading-table-wrapper">
+          <div className="grading-table-wrapper">
             <GradingFlex justifyContent="space-between">
               <GradingFlex justifyContent="flex-start" style={{ columnGap: '1.5rem' }}>
                 <GradingText style={{ fontSize: '1.125rem', opacity: 0.9 }}>
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ const Grading: React.FC = () => {
               submissions={submissions}
               updateEntries={updateGradingOverviewsCallback}
             />
-          </GradingFlex>
+          </div>
         )
       }
       fullWidth
diff --git a/src/pages/academy/grading/subcomponents/GradingSubmissionsTable.tsx b/src/pages/academy/grading/subcomponents/GradingSubmissionsTable.tsx
index f1f1e87bde..0be42cefed 100644
--- a/src/pages/academy/grading/subcomponents/GradingSubmissionsTable.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/academy/grading/subcomponents/GradingSubmissionsTable.tsx
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ const GradingSubmissionTable: React.FC<GradingSubmissionTableProps> = ({
   const [columnFilters, setColumnFilters] = useState<ColumnFiltersState>([
     ...tableFilters.columnFilters
   ]);
+  const [cellFilters, setCellFilters] = useState<{ id: ColumnFields; value: string }[]>([]);
   const [hiddenColumns, setHiddenColumns] = useState<GradingColumnVisibility>(
     columnVisibility ? columnVisibility : []
   );
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ const GradingSubmissionTable: React.FC<GradingSubmissionTableProps> = ({
 
   const defaultColumnDefs: ColDef = {
     filter: false,
-    resizable: false,
+    floatingFilter: true,
+    resizable: true,
     sortable: true,
     headerComponentParams: {
       hideColumn: (id: ColumnNameKeys) => handleColumnFilterAdd(id),
@@ -142,8 +144,6 @@ const GradingSubmissionTable: React.FC<GradingSubmissionTableProps> = ({
     suppressMenuHide: true,
     suppressPaginationPanel: true,
     suppressRowClickSelection: true,
-    tableHeight:
-      String(ROW_HEIGHT * (rowData.length > 0 ? rowData.length : 2) + HEADER_HEIGHT + 4) + 'px',
     tableMargins: '1rem 0 0 0'
   };
 
@@ -162,11 +162,14 @@ const GradingSubmissionTable: React.FC<GradingSubmissionTableProps> = ({
     debouncedUpdateSearchValue(e.target.value);
   };
 
+  const debouncedUpdateCellFilters = useMemo(() => debounce(setCellFilters, 300), []);
+
   // Converts the columnFilters array into backend query parameters.
   const backendFilterParams = useMemo(() => {
     const filters: Array<{ [key: string]: any }> = [
       { id: ColumnFields.assessmentName, value: searchValue },
-      ...columnFilters
+      ...columnFilters,
+      ...cellFilters
     ].map(convertFilterToBackendParams);
 
     const params: Record<string, any> = {};
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ const GradingSubmissionTable: React.FC<GradingSubmissionTableProps> = ({
       });
     });
     return params;
-  }, [columnFilters, searchValue]);
+  }, [cellFilters, columnFilters, searchValue]);
 
   const cellClickedEvent = (event: CellClickedEvent) => {
     const colClicked: string = event.colDef.field ? event.colDef.field : '';
@@ -392,13 +395,7 @@ const GradingSubmissionTable: React.FC<GradingSubmissionTableProps> = ({
         ></InputGroup>
       </GradingFlex>
 
-      <div
-        className="ag-theme-quartz"
-        style={{
-          height: tableProperties.tableHeight,
-          margin: tableProperties.tableMargins
-        }}
-      >
+      <div className="ag-theme-quartz" style={{ margin: tableProperties.tableMargins }}>
         <AgGridReact
           columnDefs={colDefs}
           onCellClicked={cellClickedEvent}
@@ -416,6 +413,25 @@ const GradingSubmissionTable: React.FC<GradingSubmissionTableProps> = ({
           suppressMenuHide={tableProperties.suppressMenuHide}
           suppressPaginationPanel={tableProperties.suppressPaginationPanel}
           suppressRowClickSelection={tableProperties.suppressRowClickSelection}
+          domLayout="autoHeight"
+          onFilterChanged={e => {
+            if (!e.afterFloatingFilter) {
+              return;
+            }
+            const filters = e.api.getFilterModel();
+            const cellFilters = [];
+            for (const [key, { filter: query }] of Object.entries(filters)) {
+              switch (key) {
+                // Fields that BE supports filtering on
+                case ColumnFields.studentName:
+                case ColumnFields.studentUsername:
+                case ColumnFields.groupName:
+                  cellFilters.push({ id: key, value: query });
+                  break;
+              }
+            }
+            debouncedUpdateCellFilters(cellFilters);
+          }}
         />
       </div>
 
diff --git a/src/pages/academy/grading/subcomponents/gradingSubmissionsTableUtils.tsx b/src/pages/academy/grading/subcomponents/gradingSubmissionsTableUtils.tsx
index c38307cc3f..57a57b20f5 100644
--- a/src/pages/academy/grading/subcomponents/gradingSubmissionsTableUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/academy/grading/subcomponents/gradingSubmissionsTableUtils.tsx
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export const generateCols = (filterMode: boolean) => {
     ...generalColProperties,
     headerName: ColumnName.studentName,
     field: ColumnFields.studentName,
+    filter: true,
     flex: 1.5,
     cellClass: classNames(generalColProperties.cellClass, classes['grading-cell-align-left']),
     headerClass: classNames(generalColProperties.headerClass, classes['grading-left-align']),
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ export const generateCols = (filterMode: boolean) => {
     ...generalColProperties,
     headerName: ColumnName.studentUsername,
     field: ColumnFields.studentUsername,
+    filter: true,
     cellRendererSelector: (params: ICellRendererParams<IGradingTableRow>) => {
       return params.data !== undefined
         ? {
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ export const generateCols = (filterMode: boolean) => {
     ...generalColProperties,
     headerName: ColumnName.groupName,
     field: ColumnFields.groupName,
+    filter: true,
     flex: 0.75,
     cellRendererSelector: (params: ICellRendererParams<IGradingTableRow>) => {
       return params.data !== undefined