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 — Siskin
- Year 1 — Swift
- Year 2 — Woodpecker
- Year 2 — Kittiwake
- Year 3/4 — Magpie
- Year 3/4 — Dove
- Year 3/4 — Jay
- Year 5/6 — Goldcrest
- Year 5/6 — Kingfisher
- Year 5/6 — Nightingale
