Moving to another town?

[Tatty181]

So I’m hoping to move soon but houses in my town are probably too expensive. I’m a single mum and my DS is 14. I have no family or close friends nearby. If I move to another town (only 10 miles away) I could probably get a house I want but it would mean DS could no longer walk to school. I’d have to drop him off at school on my way to work. In the afternoon, when there aren’t time constraints, he could either come back with me or get the bus or train.
It worries me that if I were ill/had car issues then DS would have a difficult journey to school (train & 35 minutes walk) or a very early bus. His dad lives too far away to help at short notice and I have nobody else to help. I guess another worry is suppose he missed an exam became of it.
Also if I had to change jobs while he’s still at school I’d be quite restricted in where I could work.
Where we live now, he’s really independent as he walks to school, to meet friends, etc. However we live in a flat with no garden and it’s getting a bit claustrophobic as he gets older!
I know I might be overthinking the “what ifs” and I guess some children always rely on a parent to take them to school. I guess it seems worse as there’s nobody to help out.
Any thoughts?

Different scenario but my DS has just left secondary school having gone to a school 15 miles away. It was ok, never any issues with getting him to school on time etc, the annoying bits were in the early days when he wanted to meet friends but wasn't 100% confident on the train so I had to do the drive for him. He's about to start college in the same town but I won't be so involved

It's been ok, we've tried to move closer but it didn't work. He would have liked to be nearer his friends but we would have had to downsize which I think he wouldn't have appreciated

Thanks 😊
Worst case is that the car didn’t start on the day of an exam but maybe they’d make allowances if that happened as long as wasn’t extremely late.
My DS is confident on the train - would just mean a lot of walking!

I’m guessing by the time we moved, he’s only have another year or so left at school. After that he’d be at college nearer to the new house.