Classes at Birklands Primary School are organised into year groups.
Each class is named after a local Nottinghamshire bird, as decided by the pupils:
- Nursery — Wren
- Reception — Robin
- Reception — Puffin
- Year 1 — Magpie
- Year 2 — Dove
- Year 3 — Siskin
- Year 3 — Jay
- Year 4 — Kittiwake
- Year 5 — Nightingale
- Year 5 — Kingfisher
- Year 6 — Goldcrest
