The Beacon Foundation Post-program survey was devised as part of the Beacon Foundation Evaluation program. The post-program survey captures student profiles.

The Beacon foundation Post-Program Survey began as a paper-based survey in 2009, with the paper survey forms being destroyed after data was captured into Excel speadsheets. In 2010, administration of the survey changed to an online delivery mechanism (Survey Monkey). Under this delivery mechanism, raw data is stored in Survey Monkey under a variety of non-standardised titles, with extracted (aggregate and analysis) data maintained in Excel speadsheets. These Excel spreadsheets are stored on the computer hard drives of individual Beacon staff.

From 2008 until 2013 the Pre-Program Survey and Post-Program Survey produce related datasets, each consisting of responses to the same set of survey questions applied to students at Beacon participant school at two different timepoints. These questions have evolved and changed throughout the life of the survey and as such do not constitute a pure longitudinal study outside of each cohort comparison. Together, the two datasets are used to extrapolate measures of change across individuals and aggregate change across transition factors.

The Post-Program Survey questionnaire is completed by each student individually and surveys a number of demographic factors (such as gender, Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander identification, and language spoken in the home), as well as students' aspirations and expectations about their future.

From commencement in 2008 the Post-Program Survey was only administered to those students who completed a pre-program survey in Year 9 and went on to complete the Beacon program during their Year 10 school year.

As of 2014, Beacon had expanded the scope of its program to years 7-12, with a focus on Year 10-12. Post-Program Survey data from this time will therefore be available for for a larger cohort, without available comparative data from the discontinued Pre-Program Survey.