A teacher at St Edward’s School in Oxford has been suspended after allegedly sharing a racist image on WhatsApp, the BBC has reported.

St Edward’s is an independent, co-educational, boarding and day school for more than 800 pupils aged 13 to 18.

The post depicts a digitally manipulated image of Adolf Hitler as a black man, along with by blanked-out text resembling a racial slur.

St Edward’s School in Oxford said it was conducting a “full investigation”.

In a statement, the school said: “Following information the school received about this incident, we can confirm that a member of staff has been suspended while the school conducts a full investigation.

“St Edward’s School does not tolerate racist or discriminatory behaviour of any kind.

“We take any alleged contravention of our robust code of conduct extremely seriously.”