... 11-14 age group in England and Wales, the inspectors observed that in terms of attainment, improvements were clearest in spelling and stylistic conventions, and weakest &apos ;in sentence structure, ... Gibraltar, Ireland, Jamaica and other countries in the Caribbean, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK and the US; we will exclude Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Singapore. ... a systematic and productive way. Behind messy handwriting and creative spelling, there could well be signs of interesting language development and attempts at new complexities and variation...