diff --git a/app/controllers/assessor/form_answers_controller.rb b/app/controllers/assessor/form_answers_controller.rb
index f24549968..0639bd0da 100644
--- a/app/controllers/assessor/form_answers_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/assessor/form_answers_controller.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def index
 
     scope = current_assessor.applications_scope(
       params[:year].to_s == "all_years" ? nil : @award_year
-    ).eligible_for_assessor
+    ).includes(:assessor_assignments).eligible_for_assessor
 
     if search_params[:query].blank? && category_picker.show_award_tabs_for_assessor?
       scope = scope.where(award_type: category_picker.current_award_type)
@@ -95,13 +95,17 @@ def show
   def edit
     authorize resource, :edit?
 
+    unless assessor_assignment.status
+      assessor_assignment.update(status: "viewed")
+    end
+
     @form = resource.award_form.decorate(answers: HashWithIndifferentAccess.new(resource.document))
   end
 
   private
 
   def resource
-    @form_answer ||= current_assessor.applications_scope(@award_year).find(params[:id]).decorate
+    @form_answer ||= current_assessor.applications_scope(@award_year).includes(:assessor_assignments).find(params[:id]).decorate
   end
 
   def category_picker
@@ -120,4 +124,9 @@ def resolve_layout
       "application-assessor"
     end
   end
+
+  def assessor_assignment
+    AssessorAssignment.find_by(assessor_id: current_assessor.id, form_answer_id: resource.id) ||
+    resource.assessor_assignments.build(assessor: current_assessor, award_year: @award_year)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/assessor_assignment_service.rb b/app/services/assessor_assignment_service.rb
index 482c6a9e4..b7dc13e2c 100644
--- a/app/services/assessor_assignment_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/assessor_assignment_service.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def save
     resource.assign_attributes(update_params)
     resource.editable = current_subject
     resource.assessed_at = DateTime.now unless assignment_request?
+    resource.status = "in_progress"
     resource.save
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/assessor/form_answers/_list_body.html.slim b/app/views/assessor/form_answers/_list_body.html.slim
index 948b9d908..894da4005 100644
--- a/app/views/assessor/form_answers/_list_body.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/assessor/form_answers/_list_body.html.slim
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ tbody.govuk-table__body
             em
               ' Not found
 
-      td.govuk-table__cell = obj.dashboard_status
-
-      td.govuk-table__cell
-        = obj.sub_group.try(:text) || "Not assigned"
-
       td.govuk-table__cell
         - if obj.ceremonial_county.present?
           = obj.ceremonial_county.name
@@ -31,6 +26,18 @@ tbody.govuk-table__body
         span.muted
           = obj.last_updated_by
 
+      td.govuk-table__cell
+        - assignment = obj.assessor_assignments.detect{|aa| aa.assessor_id == current_assessor.id}
+        - if assignment&.submitted_at
+          strong.govuk-tag.govuk-tag--green
+            | Submitted
+        - elsif assignment&.status == "in_progress"
+          strong.govuk-tag.govuk-tag--yellow
+            | In progress
+        - elsif assignment&.status == "viewed"
+          strong.govuk-tag.govuk-tag--blue
+            | Viewed
+
       td.govuk-table__cell
         - aria_label = obj.company_or_nominee_name.present? ? "View submitted nomination, for #{obj.company_or_nominee_name}" : "View submitted nomination, nominee name not yet specified"
         = link_to polymorphic_url([namespace_name, obj], search_id: params[:search_id], year: params[:year], page: params[:page]), aria: { label: aria_label }, class: 'govuk-link', target: :_blank do
diff --git a/app/views/assessor/form_answers/index.html.slim b/app/views/assessor/form_answers/index.html.slim
index 16a96fffb..9b814e5cf 100644
--- a/app/views/assessor/form_answers/index.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/assessor/form_answers/index.html.slim
@@ -46,16 +46,14 @@ h1.govuk-heading-xl
         tr.govuk-table__row
           th.sortable.govuk-table__header scope="col" width="250"
             = sort_link f, "Group name", @search, :company_or_nominee_name, disabled: @search.query?
-          th.govuk-table__header scope="col" width="250"
-            | Status
-          th.govuk-table__header scope="col" width="200"
-            | National assessor Sub-group
           th.govuk-table__header scope="col" width="200"
             | Lord Lieutenancy assigned
           th.govuk-table__header scope="col" width="200"
             | Type of group
           th.sortable.govuk-table__header scope="col" width="130"
             = sort_link f, "Last updated", @search, :audit_updated_at, disabled: @search.query?
+          th.govuk-table__header scope="col" width="150"
+            | Status
           th.govuk-table__header scope="col" View
         = render(partial: "list_body")
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240216144428_add_status_to_assessor_assignments.rb b/db/migrate/20240216144428_add_status_to_assessor_assignments.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33ddd7c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240216144428_add_status_to_assessor_assignments.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddStatusToAssessorAssignments < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :assessor_assignments, :status, :string
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index 113fcaacc..99cd08162 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -3838,5 +3838,3 @@ INSERT INTO "schema_migrations" (version) VALUES
 ('20211013073349'),
 ('20211104074415'),
 ('20211214111643');
-
-