In 2010, the Queensland Government introduced comprehensive audit requirements for state schools in the area of teaching and learning. During 2010, all Queensland state schools were audited against eight domains contained in the Audit Instrument. The Audit Instrument was developed by the
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) under contract to the
Department of Education, Training and Employment using international research. It is informed by Education Queensland's "Roadmap" for curriculum, teaching, assessment and reporting, and is based on the findings and recommendations from the 2009 report by Professor Geoff Masters, 'A Shared Challenge: Improving Literacy, Numeracy and Science Learning in Queensland Primary Schools'.
Townsville West State School was audited again in 2012. For more information, please see the documents below.