The Dumping Ground series 8

The eighth series of the British children's television series The Dumping Ground began broadcasting on 10 January 2020 on CBBC and ended on 5 February 2021. 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. It is the 16th series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise.

Main
• Miles Butler-Hughton as Tyler Lewis (until episode 12)

• Kia Pegg as Jody Jackson

• Sarah Rayson as Floss Guppy

• Stacy Liu as May-Li Wang

• Ruben Reuter as Finn McLaine

• Annabelle Davis as Sasha Bellman

• Hannah Moncur as Chloe Reeves

• Carma Hylton as Candi-Rose

• Jasmine Uson as Taz De Souza

• Leo James as Bird Wallis

• Cole Wealleans-Watts as Jay Wallis

• Josh Sangha as Sid Khan

• Ava Potter as Bec Hyde

• Anya Cooke as Katy White

• Louis Payne as Scott Jenson

• Chloe Lea as Viv (from episode 5)

• Tut Nyuot as Nazeer (episodes 11-14, 17)

• Jed Jefferson as Max Riley (from episode 16)

Guest
• Gary Webster as Al Winters (episode 1/2)

• Steven Blakeley as Ed Grayson (episode 1)

• Endy McKay as Jenny Holmes (episode 1)

• Cherry Campbell as Iona (episode 3)

• Scott Karim as K'Alias (episode 4)

• Lucy Thackeray as Stef (episode 5)

• Matilda Shapland as Emma (episode 5)

• Bethany Asher as Ivy (episode 6/14)

• Geoff Berrisford as Jake (episode 6)

• Omar Malik as Kamal Hameed (episode 7)

• Connor Lawson as Alex Walker (episode 8)

• Carlos Mapano as Jerome De Souza (episode 9)

• Vanessa Hehir as Amanda (episode 9)

• Solomon Israel as Ray (episode 10)

• Jessica Revell as Elektra Perkins (episode 12)

• Adam Little as Elliot (episode 13)

• Sian Reeves as Daphne Davis (episode 14)

• Liv De-Vulgt as Ruby Butler (episode 15)

• Nia Gwynne as Hazel Butler (episode 15)

• Lola Sattar as Zara (episode 16)

• Kellie Shirley as Maria White (episode 19)

• Christina Berriman Dawson as Annie (episode 19)

• James Bartlett as Luke Jackson (episode 20)

• Laura Whitmore as Savannah B (episode 20)

• Michele Austin as Alice (episode 21)

• William Talbot as Ross Maydons (episode 21)

• Richard Blackwood as Reggie Wallis (episode 22)

• India Jean-Jacques as Gemma (episode 23)

• Lucy Carless as Cara (episode 24)

• Derek Griffiths as Larry Meadow (episode 24)

Episodes
The series' second half's directors include Hildegard Ryan (4 episodes), Vicki Kisner, and Gary Williams (4 episodes), and produced by Emma Bodger.