diff --git a/libs/application/templates/new-primary-school/src/forms/NewPrimarySchoolForm/primarySchoolSection/newSchoolSubSection.ts b/libs/application/templates/new-primary-school/src/forms/NewPrimarySchoolForm/primarySchoolSection/newSchoolSubSection.ts
index fc5449e50716..aeb7a3b51742 100644
--- a/libs/application/templates/new-primary-school/src/forms/NewPrimarySchoolForm/primarySchoolSection/newSchoolSubSection.ts
+++ b/libs/application/templates/new-primary-school/src/forms/NewPrimarySchoolForm/primarySchoolSection/newSchoolSubSection.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {
   buildAsyncSelectField,
-  buildHiddenInputWithWatchedValue,
   buildMultiField,
   buildSubSection,
   coreErrorMessages,
@@ -24,11 +23,11 @@ export const newSchoolSubSection = buildSubSection({
   },
   children: [
     buildMultiField({
-      id: 'school',
+      id: 'newSchool',
       title: newPrimarySchoolMessages.primarySchool.newSchoolSubSectionTitle,
       children: [
         buildAsyncSelectField({
-          id: 'schools.newSchool.municipality',
+          id: 'newSchool.municipality',
           title: newPrimarySchoolMessages.shared.municipality,
           placeholder: newPrimarySchoolMessages.shared.municipalityPlaceholder,
           loadingError: coreErrorMessages.failedDataProvider,
@@ -48,12 +47,13 @@ export const newSchoolSubSection = buildSubSection({
           },
         }),
         buildAsyncSelectField({
-          id: 'schools.newSchool.school',
+          id: 'newSchool.school',
           title: newPrimarySchoolMessages.shared.school,
           placeholder: newPrimarySchoolMessages.shared.schoolPlaceholder,
           loadingError: coreErrorMessages.failedDataProvider,
           dataTestId: 'new-school-school',
-          loadOptions: async ({ application, apolloClient }) => {
+          updateOnSelect: ['newSchool.municipality'],
+          loadOptions: async ({ application, apolloClient, selectedValue }) => {
             const { schoolMunicipality } = getApplicationAnswers(
               application.answers,
             )
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ export const newSchoolSubSection = buildSubSection({
 
             return (
               data?.friggSchoolsByMunicipality
-                ?.find(({ name }) => name === schoolMunicipality)
+                ?.find(
+                  ({ name }) =>
+                    name ===
+                    (selectedValue ? selectedValue : schoolMunicipality),
+                )
                 ?.children?.filter((school) =>
                   school.gradeLevels?.includes(childGradeLevel),
                 )
@@ -79,20 +83,11 @@ export const newSchoolSubSection = buildSubSection({
             )
           },
           condition: (answers) => {
-            const { schoolMunicipality, newSchoolHiddenInput } =
-              getApplicationAnswers(answers)
+            const { schoolMunicipality } = getApplicationAnswers(answers)
 
-            return (
-              !!schoolMunicipality &&
-              schoolMunicipality === newSchoolHiddenInput
-            )
+            return !!schoolMunicipality
           },
         }),
-        buildHiddenInputWithWatchedValue({
-          // Needed to trigger an update on loadOptions in the async select above
-          id: 'schools.newSchool.hiddenInput',
-          watchValue: 'schools.newSchool.municipality',
-        }),
       ],
     }),
   ],
diff --git a/libs/application/templates/new-primary-school/src/lib/dataSchema.ts b/libs/application/templates/new-primary-school/src/lib/dataSchema.ts
index b68780e26358..54ca78c013b7 100644
--- a/libs/application/templates/new-primary-school/src/lib/dataSchema.ts
+++ b/libs/application/templates/new-primary-school/src/lib/dataSchema.ts
@@ -115,11 +115,9 @@ export const dataSchema = z.object({
         path: ['transferOfLegalDomicile', 'postalCode'],
       },
     ),
-  schools: z.object({
-    newSchool: z.object({
-      municipality: z.string(),
-      school: z.string(),
-    }),
+  newSchool: z.object({
+    municipality: z.string(),
+    school: z.string(),
   }),
   siblings: z
     .array(
diff --git a/libs/application/templates/new-primary-school/src/lib/newPrimarySchoolUtils.ts b/libs/application/templates/new-primary-school/src/lib/newPrimarySchoolUtils.ts
index e243c78bb199..112d2f7b97d5 100644
--- a/libs/application/templates/new-primary-school/src/lib/newPrimarySchoolUtils.ts
+++ b/libs/application/templates/new-primary-school/src/lib/newPrimarySchoolUtils.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ import { Locale } from '@island.is/shared/types'
 import {
   Child,
   ChildInformation,
+  ContactsRow,
   FriggChildInformation,
   Membership,
   Parents,
   Person,
-  ContactsRow,
   SelectOption,
   SiblingsRow,
 } from '../types'
@@ -145,18 +145,10 @@ export const getApplicationAnswers = (answers: Application['answers']) => {
 
   const schoolMunicipality = getValueViaPath(
     answers,
-    'schools.newSchool.municipality',
+    'newSchool.municipality',
   ) as string
 
-  const selectedSchool = getValueViaPath(
-    answers,
-    'schools.newSchool.school',
-  ) as string
-
-  const newSchoolHiddenInput = getValueViaPath(
-    answers,
-    'schools.newSchool.hiddenInput',
-  ) as string
+  const selectedSchool = getValueViaPath(answers, 'newSchool.school') as string
 
   return {
     childNationalId,
@@ -189,7 +181,6 @@ export const getApplicationAnswers = (answers: Application['answers']) => {
     startDate,
     schoolMunicipality,
     selectedSchool,
-    newSchoolHiddenInput,
   }
 }