How to Complete an Out-of-Area Admissions Application

Start from the current application link shared for your school level when the application window opens.

• New user: choose Create Account. An adult family member creates the account. If you do not have an email address, you may create an account using your cell phone number, but an email address is required to complete the application.
• Returning user: choose Sign In and use your existing account.
• Forgotten password: choose Forgot password to recover access.
• Unsure whether you have an account: try Create Account. If your email is already on file, a new account cannot be created; use Forgot password.
• Phone-number account: choose Sign into your account using your cell phone number.

Choose Create Account for a new account.

 

The source guide shows the cell-phone account option.

 

Returning users enter their account details and choose Sign In.

 

Use Forgot password if you cannot sign in.

 

An existing email address cannot be used to create a second account.

 

Choose the cell-phone sign-in option for a phone-number account.

After signing in, add the student whose application you are completing. If that student is already in your account, select the student instead of adding them again.

Enter the student’s details and choose Add Student. The pictured name is a source example.

 

Select an existing student from Choose Student. The pictured name is a source example.

Read the Introduction carefully. Choose Next to move to the next page. Complete every Required field on each page before continuing.

Elementary choice

Select one Out-of-Area school / program option.

Secondary choices

Select one OOA option, one SSWAB option, or both. Rank first and second if choosing both. Read how ranked choices affect placements.

First choice applicants are seated before applicants who list that school as their second choice.

The Required label identifies a field that must be completed.

Resolve any validation error shown on the form. Check the requested format, review your address and complete all required fields.

• Formatting: follow the format beside the field. The postal-code example uses capital letters and a space: XXX XXX.
• Address: complete your address, choose Validate Address when required, and check the suggested address before confirming it.
• Email: the primary email and confirmation email must match.
• Other errors: read the message and correct the field before moving on.

Postal-code format examples show an error and a correctly formatted entry.

 

Postal-code format examples show an error and a correctly formatted entry.

 

Enter address details and choose Validate Address.

 

A successful address check allows you to continue.

 

Check the suggested address, then confirm or reject it.

 

Review the City/Town and street-address fields.

 

Address not found: review the warning and correct the details.

 

After resolving the address issue, choose Next.

 

Elementary guide: mismatched email addresses cause an error.

 

Elementary guide: repeat the primary email exactly.

 

Secondary guide: mismatched email addresses cause an error.

 

Secondary guide: repeat the primary email exactly.

 

If you cannot finish in one sitting, click your initials and choose Save & Sign Out. To return, open the current application link, sign into the same account and select your in-progress form.

Open the account menu by selecting your initials.

 

Choose Save & Sign Out to return later.

 

Older source example of In Progress Forms. Its 2023–24 program title is obsolete; select your current Out-of-Area form.

Review your progress on the Summary page. You cannot submit while information is missing or invalid. Choose Find Invalid Fields, complete missing fields or resolve validation errors, then return to review.

When all issues are resolved, choose Submit . You may print or save a copy of the completed form.

After submitting, you cannot make changes yourself. Contact your current TDSB school to request a correction. If you are not a current TDSB student, use the support route on Main OOA and include the applicant’s first and last name and the requested change.

Summary-page example: choose Find Invalid Fields. Older section titles differ from the current OOA form.

 

The red Required indicator identifies the missing phone type.

 

Select the phone type to resolve the required-field error.

 

Print or save the completed form for your records.

Each child needs an application. The exception is twins or multiples applying to the same school and grade: include them in one application and do not submit a second application for that request.

After completing one child’s form, start a form for the additional student. You may Import family information, such as parent/caregiver and address details, from the previous form or Start from Scratch. If you import details, review them for the next child. Follow the same completion, review and submission steps.

Do not submit duplicate applications for the same student. Duplicate submissions are deleted and do not improve selection chances.

Add or select the next child when starting another application.

 

Import existing family information or Start from Scratch.