The TorchWay Philosophy
TorchWay Education was founded in response to a growing tension within senior English faculties: increasing syllabus demands, evolving prescribed texts, and limited time to design cohesive, high-quality programs.
Curriculum updates require careful recalibration - not simply replacing texts, but rethinking conceptual framing, assessment alignment, and skill progression. Yet faculty release days are costly, time is scarce, and programming is often completed under significant pressure.
Beyond design, faculties must also maintain consistency. When units lack clear conceptual architecture and explicit skill progression, moderation becomes more complex, marking standards diverge, and student outcomes vary across classes. Strong curriculum is not only about content - it is about coherence.
TorchWay exists to support faculties navigating this reality. Each unit is architected to align explicitly with syllabus outcomes, respond to contemporary textual demands, and strengthen consistency across teachers and classes.
Our Founder
Rebekah Sharrott is the founder of TorchWay Education and an experienced senior English educator with over a decade of experience in secondary education. Having worked across both regional and metropolitan schools, she most recently held a leadership role at one of Queensland’s top independent colleges. Over the years, she has supported students in achieving outstanding results across HSC, QCE, and IB Diploma pathways.
She holds a double degree in Arts and Education as well as a Master of Education, grounding her work in both disciplinary expertise and advanced pedagogical theory. She regularly presents at English teaching conferences and contributes to professional journals, sharing her work on curriculum design, writing instruction, and the conditions that enable deep thinking in the English classroom.
TorchWay Education was founded from a conviction that strong curriculum design should make academic excellence both teachable and sustainable for teachers.