Concerns have been raised by parents regarding a high school teacher in Queensland who has been said to be identifying as a cat, supposedly making hissing sounds towards students and licking the backs of their hands while teaching.

The teacher, who works at Marsden State High School in Logan City, south of Brisbane, has reportedly asked students to call her “Miss Purr”, multiple parents have claimed on social media.

Photos and short videos, first published by The Courier-Mail, show the teacher wearing a cat ear headband and lanyard with the word “purr” on it while in front of a classroom.

“She … forces the children to call her Miss Purr and cat screeches and growls when they don’t listen,” one relative alleged in comments on Facebook.

“She sits in class and licks her hands. It’s absolutely disgusting. Something needs to be done about this.”

News.com.au has contacted Marsden State High School for comment.

The same relative told The Courier-Mail she was confused by the teacher’s behavior and expected the school had been inundated with complaints.

“I myself would like answers, it all could be innocent as I know a lot of kids can be overly dramatic,” she said.

On the same Facebook post, one mother alleged the teacher “made” her daughter “‘purr’ for a lolly”.