<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> 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>
when does season 6 of the dumping ground start
when does season 6 of the dumping ground start
12 January 2018
12 January 2018