Probably. As a textbook.

But if you look throughout UK history - the only freedoms they really cared about are the strong individual property rights. When property is equal-ish distributed - all the other rights also are. But with property increasingly concentrated ...

So this bills are not unexpected - they don't infringe on anyone's property - so they get a pass from the powerbrokers.

No book is mandatory for English study, teachers have some choice within a set selection of texts.

Animal Farm is one of the options.

http://www.educationumbrella.com/curriculum-vital/gcse-engli...

I'm 29 years old and I had only heard of Orwell in school when one of my English Literature teachers mentioned Animal Farm in a passing comment about Russia.

I had never read any Orwell works until 18, and that was entirely recreational and extra-curricular.