Beaconsfield State School is an Education Queensland Primary School that caters for children from Prep to Year seven. The school is in the northern suburbs of Mackay. Continuing enrolment growth is anticipated during the next few years. The school provides programs via a Learning Group approach which organises students according to a range of learning attributes rather than chronology. School culture is driven by overarching culture statements that provide a common approach to social and relational expectations for all schooling participants. The curriculum focus of the school is driven by award winning environmental studies known as the Curriculum Connections Program. The school also hosts a Steiner Education program that offers parental choice within a state school environment.