The Dumping Ground

- Season 4

(2016)

Bailey's world is rocked when his mum turns up at Ashdene Ridge and he questions whether he can forgive her for abandoning him as a toddler. Meanwhile, Carmen resorts to drastic measures when Ofsted inspectors arrive unexpectedly.

Bailey has to break some bad news to his mum - but what is she hiding from him? And what has it got to do with the Shakespeare play the young people are staging? Meanwhile Mike and May-Li continue to stress about the Ofstead inspectors.

Jody, Carmen and Tee want to perform a dance in front of the care kids and things seem to be breaking around ashdene ridge!

Mo is certain that aliens exist, so goes on the hunt to find one, and almost succedes. Once he does, he's not too keen on the thought of sending him back, but is he really from outer space? Tee bumps into the boy of her dreams whilst in the park and she convinces him that she's a sport fanatic.

Ryan receives a letter from his sister and runs upstairs with it, causing Finn to trip and fall, as he comes down. However, everyone believes Ryan pushed him. When Chloe turns up at the DG, Ryan feels nervous about meeting her for the first time since her accident. Certain he did something to put her in a wheelchair, Tee and Sasha spy on them while they speak. But it is revealed they got the wrong end of the stick. Meanwhile, Tyler wins a journalism competition. Chloe leaves Ashdene Ridge, promising to visit again.

Tee gets a taste of what life outside care might be like when she goes for her first college interview. However, sparks fly between her and Carmen when neither of their days go according to plan.

Unsure of where she fits in, Sasha's glad when an old friend seems to show an interest in her. But does he really have her best interests at heart? Meanwhile, Carmen and Tee realise that they forgot Kazima's birthday. But when they throw a surprise party for her, they don't get the reaction they were expecting.

Election fever strikes the Dumping Ground as Tyler and Floss battle it out over a place on a forum for children in care. However, Ryan sees the chaos that erupts as a chance to settle an old score.

Everyone's missing Mike, so Kazima suggests a trip out to raise the young people's spirits. However, it is not long before they get lost in the countryside. Meanwhile, Ryan starts to wonder if he's gone too far.

As the chances of saving Mike is slipping, will Ryan step up to the mark and save the favourite care worker?

Upset by a surprise her mum springs on her, Sasha asks to be put up for fostering - but she is shocked when she learns a couple want to adopt her.

When Carmen opens a makeshift salon in the Dumping Ground garage, she gets Doris, a sharp-tongued pensioner, as her first customer.

Bailey's business is on the road to success when he joins forces with a friendly rival in a Young Entrepreneur competition. But he's about to find out that business and pleasures don't necessarily mix.

Fearing she is being overlooked, Floss has an idea that will put her centre stage. But is she so desperate for the limelight that she will forget her friends?

New boy Sammy starts to get on people's nerves, and Tyler steps in to defend him. Grateful Sammy is determined to impress his new friend but just how far is he prepared to go? Meanwhile Ryan's sister Chloe moves in, but Ryan ends up becoming a bit too over-protective of his younger sister.

Tyler's delighted at the prospect of a new future with his mum - but, after years apart, they soon find out they have a lot to learn about one another. Meanwhile everyone is taking Tyler's decision to move in with his mum badly, causing Tyler to loose his friends. Meanwhile Mo develops his first crush with a young girl called Kara.

The young people decide to have an Ashdene Ridge festival. Ryan tells Joseph about a prank he pulled and Carmen chooses to go glamping. Whilst putting the tent up, Joseph steals a tent piece, causing the tent to collapse. Tee and Sasha find out Joseph took it and Ryan and Chloe overhear Tee and Sasha talking about Ryan. Ryan admits to Chloe he was told ghost stories by an older child when he was taken into care. Tee and Sasha return the piece for the tent and Chloe tells Tee and Sasha what Ryan said. Tee and Sasha scare Ryan with a ghost story. Ryan finds Chloe's ...

When Kazima starts behaving strangely, her friends don't understand what's got into her. Then the truth emerges, and Kazima reveals if May-Li adopts her, then she'll have more of a chance of not being deported, this leads to the others getting jealous and causes the Dumping Ground to fall apart. Meanwhile, Joseph "kidnaps" Mischief to teach Bailey a lesson after laughing at Tyler, wanting to learn how to dance to impress a girl. But Joseph's plan backfires when Mischief goes missing for real. And when Tyler fails to learn any dancing from Mike, he turns to Floss.

It's Carmen and Tee's last day at the Dumping Ground, and no one wants them to go. But they are in for more of a bad day when they are told they're no longer being housed together, and things start to go missing in the DG.

Jody finds out that following your heart can lead to danger when Kingsley is released from prison - will her friends be able to save her? Or will Jody's life come to a fiery end? Meanwhile, Ryan confesses his darkest secret when an independent visitor comes to talk to him. Meanwhile Billie, Toni, Floss and Finn decide to raise sponsor money to get a donkey named after them.

When Floss has to do the vacuuming. she ruins a picture that Tyler, Mo, Billie and Toni work on when they don't want her help. Floss falls asleep on the sofa and ends up in the Foundling Hospital. She encounters Hetty Feather, who introduces Floss to the Foundling Hospital ways. Sheila and Elizabeth are mean towards Floss and Hetty gets Floss out of trouble with Matron Bottomley. Floss and Hetty make friends. When Floss wakes up, she draws a replacement picture.