Season 3 of The Dumping Ground was filmed from 16th June 2014 until 10th November 2014. Unlike previous seasons, the series was split into two halves of 10 episodes each. The first half commenced airing on 16th January 2015 (a week later in January compared to the previous two series had commenced airing in that month) and finished airing on 13th March 2015 where it took a break over the summer. The second half, originally intended to commence airing in September, began airing on 6th October 2015 and finished airing on 8th December 2015. Beginning with the second half of the series, the program moved from airing on Fridays to Tuesdays.