NEARLY nine in 10 teachers have seen a rise in student mental health issues over the past year, a survey has found.

And nearly six in 10 said it has increased greatly in that short period of time, the poll of more than 8,000 National Education Union (NEU) members in England and Wales found.

About half also identified chronic anxiety, exam anxiety and absenteeism in relation to mental ill-health or treatment as regular factors.