<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Series 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of The Dumping Ground episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The sixth series of the British children's television series The Dumping Ground began broadcasting on 12 January 2018 on CBBC . 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 is set to consist of twenty - four, thirty - minute episodes, airing in two halves, respectively in January and late 2018 . It is the fourteenth series in the Tracy Beaker franchise . </P> <P> Alexander Aze returned as Dexter Bellman, but as a guest character . </P>

When does season 6 of the dumping ground start