The Dumping Ground series 5

The fifth series of the British children's television series The Dumping Ground began broadcasting on 20 January 2017 on CBBC and ended on 15 December 2017. The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Ashdene Ridge, nicknamed by them "The Dumping Ground". It consists of twenty-two, thirty-minute episodes, airing in two halves in January–March and October–December 2017. It is the thirteenth series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise.

Main
• Connor Byrne as Mike Milligan

• Miles Butler-Hughton as Tyler Lewis

• Kia Pegg as Jody Jackson

• Sarah Rayson as Floss Guppy

• Stacy Liu as May-Li Wang

• Kasey McKellar as Bailey Wharton (episodes 1-2 only)

• Akuc Bol as Kazima Tako (episodes 1-12 only)

• Lewis Hamilton as Ryan Reeves

• Gwen Currant as Billie Trent (episodes 1-16 only)

• Nelly Currant as Toni Trent (episodes 1-16 only)

• Sage as Mischief (from episodes 1-2 only)

• Ruben Reuter as Finn McLaine

• Annabelle Davis as Sasha Bellman

• Alexander Aze as Dexter Bellman

• Hannah Moncur as Chloe Reeves

• Yousef Naseer as Joseph Stubbs

• Jethro Baliba as Archie Able

• Carma Hylton as Candi-Rose (from episode 4)

• Connor Lawson as Alex Walker (from episode 8)

• Jasmine Uson as Taz De Souza (from episode 14)

• Emily Burnett as Charlie Morris (from episode 17)

Guest
• Simon Ludders as Peter Umbleby

• Alison Pargeter as Janet Umbleby

• Jaimie Boubezari as Edward Umbleby

• Mark Homer as Kev

• Sandy Foster as Kelly Bellman

• Alfie Browne-Sykes as Roddy

• Nigel Planer as Professor Edwin von Trockelbomf III.

• Caitlan Barrett Ward as Sophie

• Andrew Hanratty as Adam

• Julia Haworth as Katherine

• Lawrence Neale as Steve

• Oliver Wellington as Sam

• Paul Barber as George

• Lucy Benjamin as Ms Bloomfield

• Mike Grady as Ralph

• Manpreet Bambra as Anjli

• Steffen Peddie as Manny

• Richard Pepple as Hakim Tako

• Stirling Gallacher as Mimi Blunt

• Samantha Morris as Sally Harper

• Phil Yarrow as Dom Harper

• Poppy Jhakra as Diane

• Dylan Barnes as Police Officer Sykes

• Bailey Hayden as Josh

• Joe Maw as Johnny Taylor

• Mia McKenna-Bruce as Tee Taylor

• Rayna Campbell as TV Journalist

• Jessica Revell as Elektra Perkins

• Christopher Slater as Frank Matthews

Casting
18-year-old Connor Lawson, 19-year-old Emily Burnett, 9-year-old Jasmine Uson and 12-year-old Carma Hylton were cast as Alex, Charlie, Taz and Candi-Rose respectively.