Floss Guppy, portrayed by Sarah Rayson, made her first appearance on 1 February 2013 in series 1 of The Dumping Ground during the episode "The Real Faith Davis".
On the day of Lily's leaving barbecue, Carmen tricked Mo into thinking that there was gold underneath the potatoes in the vegetable patch, in order to avoid her chores.
Bailey takes on responsibility of a dog, Mischief (Sage), after he blames himself for the death of his homeless owner Mal (Dai Bradley) and he wins Mike and May-Li round upon training him.
Bailey is promised football tickets by his reviewing officer, Abi (Kemi-Bo Jacobs), but he wants to change his record and gets Faith to help, but May-Li catches him and is not impressed.
Jasna (Dolya Gavanski) gives Kazima the results off her age assessment test to prove she is a minor to stay in the UK and her birth year is determined as 1997, meaning she is 18 and will have to be deported.
Kazima Tako also Durrani, portrayed by Akuc Bol, made her first appearance on 31 January 2014 in series 2 of The Dumping Ground, during the episode Finding Frank.
Frank hasn't been seen or heard of for a while, so Carmen (Amy-Leigh Hickman), Rick (Daniel Pearson), Bailey (Kasey MacKellar) and Tee (Mia McKenna-Bruce) try to track him down.
Maz and Max break into The Dumping Ground and when Kazima checks her bag, she and Tee decide to refuse to hand it back due to the large amount.
Ryan Reeves, portrayed by Lewis G. Hamilton, made his first appearance on 16 January 2015 in series 3 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Law & Disorder: Part 2.
He is a skilled liar who joins Ashdene Ridge in the wake of a disastrous foster party where wallets and purses were reported stolen and he became embroiled in the events, eventually working out the identity of the thief and blackmailing them to keep it a secret.
Some years later, in series 9, Sasha finds Murphy trying to steal Scott Jenson's (Louis Payne) phone and discovers that he has been left on his own again whilst their mother is on holiday in Spain.
Arrangements are made to put Murphy in temporary care at Ashdene Ridge, but he refuses to settle in and has several tantrums, smashing the TV and destroying Sasha's college art project in the process.
Chloe Reeves, portrayed by Hannah Moncur,[9] made her first appearance on 19 February 2016 in series 4 of The Dumping Ground during the episode "Hold the Front Page".
Candi-Rose (real name Courtney), portrayed by Carma Hylton,[10] made her first appearance on 3 February 2017 in series 5 of The Dumping Ground during the episode "The Fairytale Princess".
Tasmin "Taz" De Souza, played by Jasmine Uson, made her first appearance on 20 October 2017 in series 5 of The Dumping Ground during the episode "Making Waves".
Jacob "Jay" Wallis, played by Cole Wealleans-Watts, made his first appearance on 23 February 2018 in series 6 of The Dumping Ground during the episode "Challenging Times".
Benjamin “Ben” H. Pratt, played by William Wyn Davies, made his first appearance in series 10 episode 1 ("A Whole New Start") and is the replacement care worker of Scott.
Doreen is firm and fair, helping Clem be aware of her potential ADHD in "Frogs On A Train" and stopping Candi-Rose's parents from getting hold of her in "The Hardest Word", though she shows her more strict side in "Under New Management" when she imposes new rules, leading to a rebellion fronted by Floss.
Maisie Martin, played by Mimi Robertson, made her first appearance in series 10 episode 13 ("Natural Habitat"), where she scams Taz De Souza and the others raising money for otters.
In the series finale he and his sidekicks attempt to get out of attending Sabrina and Bonnie’s concert by pretending they contracted Fleas, only for Georgia to stymie the plan when she says they are highly contagious and places the whole house into lockdown.
She presents a vain and self-obsessed character, her main obsession being running a personal vlog detailing her “life hacks”, although she does on several occasions display a more thoughtful attitude.
Bernie, portrayed by Dave Johns made his first appearance on 24 January 2025 in series 13 of The Dumping Ground during the episode "WrestlePalooza" as the new gardener and handyman for Porters Lodge.
Gina arrives at Jody's when Tee (Mia McKenna-Bruce) sends a Morse code message to Elektra (Jessica Revell) for Gus (Noah Marullo) to work out what is being said, which is "S.O.S".
But he did message Jody, checking she was ok. Shannay Kelly, portrayed by Holly Quin-Ankrah, made her first appearance on 11 January 2013 in series 1 of The Dumping Ground during the episode "Baby".
Lily organises an unsupervised sleepover with Carmen (Amy-Leigh Hickman) and Tee (Mia McKenna-Bruce) by persuading her parents to let her stay at The Dumping Ground when they visit Shannay's sister.
Jimmy Wharton, portrayed by Mark Theodore, made his first appearance on 10 January 2014 in series 2 of The Dumping Ground during the episode "Quitters - Booting Up: Part 2".
Johnny spots his stepfather, Keith (Neil Morrissey), in a park and rushes to tell his mum, but he and Tee are shocked to learn that she knows and that he has been seeing Hope (now Holly & Paige Robinson).
Kelly Bellman, portrayed by Sandy Foster, made her first appearance on 13 October 2015 in series 3 of The Dumping Ground during the episode "free to Good Home".
The Umblebys receive an email about the sale being put on hold due to the reports of Roman remains on the site, which the young people, Mike and May-Li are delighted about.
Henry was the Grandfather of Charlie Morris until his death which was mentioned in "Missing Presumed Single" Ross Maydons, portrayed by William Talbot, made his first appearance on 5 October 2018 in series 6 of The Dumping Ground during the episode "Home".