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