The Dumping Ground series 7

The seventh series of the British children's television series The Dumping Ground began broadcasting on 4 January 2019 on CBBC and ended on 6 December 2019. 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 consisted of twenty-four, thirty-minute episodes; from episode two onwards, episodes premiered a week early on BBC iPlayer. It is the 15th series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise.

Main
• Connor Byrne as Mike Milligan / Peadar Milligan (episodes 22-23 only)

• Miles Butler-Hughton as Tyler Lewis

• Kia Pegg as Jody Jackson

• Sarah Rayson as Floss Guppy

• Stacy Liu as May-Li Wang

• Lewis Hamilton as Ryan Reeves (episodes 1-12 only)

• Ruben Reuter as Finn McLaine

• Annabelle Davis as Sasha Bellman

• Hannah Moncur as Chloe Reeves

• Carma Hylton as Candi-Rose

• Connor Lawson as Alex Walker (episodes 1-23 only)

• Jasmine Uson as Taz De Souza

• Emily Burnett as Charlie Morris (episodes 1-16 only)

• Leo James as Bird Wallis

• Cole Wealleans-Watts as Jay Wallis

• Josh Sangha as Sid Khan

• Ava Potter as Bec Hyde (from episode 18)

• Anya Cooke as Katy White (from episode 23)

Guest
• Jackie Edwards as Freya

• Matthew Johnson as Luke

• Endy McKay as Jenny Holmes

• Isla McMonigle as Alice Peters

• Dani Arlington as Aileen Peters

• Mike Yeaman as Richard Windsor

• PH Patronus as El Nino

• Lucy Benjamin as Ms Bloomfield

• Georgia Sandle as Piper

• Javone Prince as Lethal G

• Nazerene Williams as Lauren

• William Talbot as Ross Maydons

• Lauren Waine as Fee

• Bailey Hayden as Josh

• Brogan Gilbert as Molly

• Suzette Llewellyn as Melanie

• James MacLaurin as Hayden Mullion

• Neil Grainger as Thom Penryn

• India Fisher as Leera

• Katy Carmichael as Sarah Reeves

• Angela Wityszyn as Maureen Mahoney

• Douglas Rankine as Aaron Staffman

• Christine Walsh as Lara Smith

• Carlos Mapano as Jerome De Souza

• Rosa Coduri as Kris

• Steve Furst as Dr. Jeremy Fielding

• Amelda Brown as Joan Hyde

• Kyanne Carthy as Evie

• Ruby Bruce as Rae

• Francesca Martinez as Amy Hill

• Jack Kane as Blake Miller

• Bethany Asher as Ivy

• Geoff Berrisford as Jake

• Paddy Glynn as Sheila

• Kellie Shirley as Maria White

Episodes
Air dates refer to the episodes' initial airing (i.e. from episodes 2-12, their premiere on BBC iPlayer, which took place a week in advance of their TV broadcast). Ratings are four-screen figures which include pre-transmission viewing.

Production and casting
A seventh series of The Dumping Ground was confirmed in 2016 and production began in April 2017. Like the previous five series, the front exterior is filmed at Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear whilst an old school in Newcastle upon Tyne and buildings of the former Loansdean fire station in Morpeth, Northumberland are also used for interior and exterior sets. Additional filming takes place across the North East, including locations such as Newcastle University. All the main cast from the last episode of the sixth series reprise their roles apart from Yousef Naseer who plays Joseph Stubbs. Hylton's sister, Tink, will be standing in for Hylton and Connor Byrne will also be playing the role of Peadar for an episode. Ava Potter and Anya Cooke joined as Bec Hyde and Katy respectively.

Directors for series 7 include: David Beauchamp (4 episodes ), Gary Williams, Tracey Larcombe (4 episodes ), Steve Brett, Nicole Volavka, Alex Jacob (2 episodes ), Hidegard Ryan (1 episode ) and Amanda Mealing; the last of these, who portrays Connie Beauchamp in Casualty, is set to direct the 22nd episode of the series, titled "Reunion".

The series' writers include Keith Brumpton (writing an episode entitled "2+2=5" ), new writer David Chikwe, Suzanne Cowie (writing the fourth episode, which is set at a horse-riding school ), Julie Dixon, Dawn Harrison, John Hickman (2 episodes ), Kayleigh Llewellyn, Owen Lloyd-Fox (writing the twenty-second episode, "Reunion"), Kim Millar, new writer Claire Miller, Jeff Povey, Christine Roberson, Gareth Sargent, Rachel Smith, Mark Stevenson and Joe Williams.