The political fable Animal Farm has been voted the nation's favourite school book according to research by home education company Oxford Home Schooling.

The new research was commissioned ahead of this year's World Book Day.

Oxford Home Schooling, asked 2,000 UK adults which books they most enjoyed reading when at school and Animal Farm was selected by 25 per cent of respondents.

The allegorical novel was written by George Orwell who grew up in Shiplake in Oxfordshire. The book was published in 1945 and it is still widely read to this day.

Keep up to date with all the latest news on our website, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

For news updates straight to your inbox, sign up to our newsletter here.

Have you got a story for us? Contact our newsdesk on news@nqo.com or 01865 425 445.