diff --git a/generic/templates/generic/trainees.html b/generic/templates/generic/trainees.html
index 86253770..3ca9b4d8 100644
--- a/generic/templates/generic/trainees.html
+++ b/generic/templates/generic/trainees.html
@@ -19,22 +19,25 @@
         {% endif %}Trainees
     </h2>
     <form>
-        <table>
+        <table id="trainees-table">
             <tr class="header">
-                <th>Name</th>
-                <th>Grade</th><th>Email</th><th>Supervisor</th><th>Edit</th>
+                <th class="sortable" data-col="0">Name <span class="sort-indicator"></span></th>
+                <th class="sortable" data-col="1">Grade <span class="sort-indicator"></span></th>
+                <th class="sortable" data-col="2">Email <span class="sort-indicator"></span></th>
+                <th class="sortable" data-col="3">Supervisor <span class="sort-indicator"></span></th>
+                <th>Edit</th>
                 <th class="trainee-bulk-edit">Bulk Edit<br/>
                     <span _="on click log 'test' then log 'hello' then repeat for i in <input/>
-                        -- set i.checked to not i.checked
-                        toggle [@checked] on i
-                    ">Toggle All</span>
+                             -- set i.checked to not i.checked
+                             toggle [@checked] on i
+                            ">Toggle All</span>
                 </th>
             </tr>
 
             {% for trainee in trainees %}
                 <tr class="trainee" _="on click log 'test' then log the next <input/> then toggle [@checked] on <input/> in me">
                     <td>{{trainee.user.first_name}} {{trainee.user.last_name}}
-                     <a href="{% url 'account_profile' trainee.username %}" class="opacity-25"><i class="bi bi-link"></i></a>
+                        <a href="{% url 'account_profile' trainee.username %}" class="opacity-25"><i class="bi bi-link"></i></a>
                     </td>
                     <td
                         {% if not trainee.grade %}
@@ -49,12 +52,12 @@
                         {% if not trainee.supervisor %}
                             class="no-supervisor"
                         {% endif %}
-                    >{{trainee.supervisor}} 
-                     {% if not trainee.supervisor %}
-                        <a href="{% url 'account_profile_update' trainee.user.username %}?redirect={{request.path}}" class="add-supervisor">add</a>
+                    >{{trainee.supervisor}}
+                        {% if not trainee.supervisor %}
+                            <a href="{% url 'account_profile_update' trainee.user.username %}?redirect={{request.path}}" class="add-supervisor">add</a>
                         {% else %}
-                     <a href="{% url 'generic:supervisor_detail' trainee.supervisor.pk %}" class="opacity-25"><i class="bi bi-link"></i></a>
-                    {% endif %}
+                            <a href="{% url 'generic:supervisor_detail' trainee.supervisor.pk %}" class="opacity-25"><i class="bi bi-link"></i></a>
+                        {% endif %}
                     </td>
                     <td><a href="{% url 'account_update' trainee.user.username %}?redirect={{request.path}}">User</a>/<a href="{% url 'account_profile_update' trainee.user.username %}?redirect={{request.path}}">Profile</a>
                         <span class="hover-highlight remove-trainee"><i class="bi bi-x-circle" title="Click to remove trainee status"
@@ -80,35 +83,35 @@
             _="on click toggle .show on .trainee-bulk-edit"
     >Bulk edit trainees</button>
 
-<div id="bulk-edit" class="trainee-bulk-edit">
-    <h3>Bulk edit options</h3>
-    These actions will act on all the selected trainees. Refresh the page to cancel / clear.
+    <div id="bulk-edit" class="trainee-bulk-edit">
+        <h3>Bulk edit options</h3>
+        These actions will act on all the selected trainees. Refresh the page to cancel / clear.
         <div id="htmx-info"></div>
         <div id="htmx-options"></div>
         <button id="bulk-delete-supervisors-button"
-            title="Deletes the supervisors of all selected users"
-            hx-post="{% url 'generic:users_bulk_delete_supervisors' %}"
-            hx-include="[name='selection']"
-            hx-confirm="This will delete supervisors from all selected users, are you sure you wish to continue?"
-            hx-target="#htmx-info"
-            _='on click put "" into #htmx-options'
+                title="Deletes the supervisors of all selected users"
+                hx-post="{% url 'generic:users_bulk_delete_supervisors' %}"
+                hx-include="[name='selection']"
+                hx-confirm="This will delete supervisors from all selected users, are you sure you wish to continue?"
+                hx-target="#htmx-info"
+                _='on click put "" into #htmx-options'
         >Delete supervisors</button>
         <button id="bulk-edit-grade-button"
-            hx-post="{% url 'generic:users_bulk_edit' %}"
-            hx-include="[name='selection']"
-            hx-target="#htmx-options"
-            title="Changes the selected users grade."
-        
+                hx-post="{% url 'generic:users_bulk_edit' %}"
+                hx-include="[name='selection']"
+                hx-target="#htmx-options"
+                title="Changes the selected users grade."
+
         >Edit grade</button>
         <button id="bulk-deactivate-user-button"
-            hx-post="{% url 'generic:users_bulk_edit' %}"
-            hx-include="[name='selection']"
-            hx-target="#htmx-options"
-            hx-confirm="This will deactivate all selected users, are you sure you wish to continue?"
-            title="Deactivates the selected users"
-        
+                hx-post="{% url 'generic:users_bulk_edit' %}"
+                hx-include="[name='selection']"
+                hx-target="#htmx-options"
+                hx-confirm="This will deactivate all selected users, are you sure you wish to continue?"
+                title="Deactivates the selected users"
+
         >Deactivate</button>
-</div>
+    </div>
 
     <style>
         .add-supervisor, .add-grade {
@@ -144,6 +147,63 @@
             background-color: darkgrey;
             color: white;
         }
+        th.sortable {
+            cursor: pointer;
+            user-select: none;
+        }
+        th .sort-indicator {
+            font-size: 0.8em;
+            margin-left: 6px;
+            opacity: 0.6;
+        }
     </style>
+
+    <script>
+        (function(){
+            const table = document.getElementById('trainees-table');
+            if (!table) return;
+
+            const getCellValue = (tr, idx) => {
+                const cell = tr.children[idx];
+                return cell ? cell.innerText.trim().toLowerCase() : '';
+            };
+
+            const comparer = function(idx, asc){
+                return function(a,b){
+                    const v1 = getCellValue(a, idx);
+                    const v2 = getCellValue(b, idx);
+                // attempt numeric compare
+                    const n1 = parseFloat(v1.replace(/[^0-9.\-]/g, ''));
+                    const n2 = parseFloat(v2.replace(/[^0-9.\-]/g, ''));
+                    if (!isNaN(n1) && !isNaN(n2)){
+                        return (n1 - n2) * (asc ? 1 : -1);
+                    }
+                    return v1.localeCompare(v2) * (asc ? 1 : -1);
+                };
+            };
+
+            let lastSorted = {idx: null, asc: true};
+
+            table.querySelectorAll('th.sortable').forEach(th => {
+                th.addEventListener('click', function(){
+                    const idx = parseInt(th.getAttribute('data-col'));
+                    const tbodyRows = Array.from(table.querySelectorAll('tr.trainee'));
+                    const asc = (lastSorted.idx === idx) ? !lastSorted.asc : true;
+
+                    tbodyRows.sort(comparer(idx, asc));
+
+                // re-append rows in new order
+                    const parent = table;
+                    tbodyRows.forEach(r => parent.appendChild(r));
+
+                // update indicators
+                    table.querySelectorAll('th.sortable .sort-indicator').forEach(el => el.textContent = '');
+                    th.querySelector('.sort-indicator').textContent = asc ? '▲' : '▼';
+
+                    lastSorted = {idx, asc};
+                });
+            });
+        })();
+    </script>
 {% endblock %}