[citation needed] Before the Riverside building was completed in 2019, Chafford Hundred hosted the establishing school.

A month later the then-secretary of state for education and skills, Estelle Morris, attended its groundbreaking event as its host.

The Chafford Hundred schools' headteachers, Alison Banks and Catherin Finn, were appointed in September 2000.

[26] Ofsted returned in January 2008, by which time the school had changed its name to Chafford Hundred Campus Business and Enterprise College and gained an additional maths specialism.

[24] In January 2011, the Department for Education appointed Christopher Tomlinson executive headteacher of Eltham Foundation School, a position which he also gained at Chafford Hundred.

[33] Chafford Hundred Campus and its adjacent primary school jointly underwent academisation in October 2011, becoming members of the Harris Federation.

[29] Nicola Graham was appointed head of school in 2012, serving under Christopher Tomlinson's executive leadership.

[36] This year saw the establishment of a new free school on Chafford Hundred's site called Harris Primary Academy Mayflower.

[37] A year later, Nicola Graham became the executive principal of Harris Academy Chafford Hundred and appointed Ms L. Strong as her head of school.

Nicola Graham became executive principal of Riverside and Chafford Hundred hosted it until its own building in Purfleet was completed in 2019.

[40][7] With this, the sixth form of Chafford Hundred stopped offering maths and science as options, where they were moved to Riverside.

[43][44] The building was intended to combine a nursery, primary, secondary and public library for the local area.

The building is three storeys tall with three halls, a cafeteria, and over 50 classrooms including specialised ones for science, computing and DT.

[38] At Chafford Hundred, she has overseen the administration of Head of Schools L. Strong[39] and L. Glees[41] and Principal Heather Stannard.