A primary school has confirmed it has no connection with a picture of pupils "being made to pray like Muslims” that has been widely distributed on social media.

The image, which has been circulating on Facebook and Twitter, claimed to be of children from “Woodford Primary School, being made to pray like Muslims”.

But there is no Woodford Primary School.

Its nearest equivalent, Woodford Green Primary Primary, in Sunset Avenue, said the image is not connected with the school in any way.

A Waltham Forest Council spokesman said: “We can confirm that this photo is not of the school or its pupils and is in no way connected to Woodford Green Primary School.

"The school has alerted social media sites, instructing them to remove the incorrect caption, and have also alerted the police.

“The welfare of pupils is our utmost priority and both the school and the council takes matters of this nature very seriously.”