 Next door is Mabelreign Girls High School, the school's sister school.The Ellis Robins school colours are yellow and blue, the badge has two dolphins facing each other, and the school Latin motto is "Esse Quam Videri" which means "To be, rather than to seem".This motto comes from the family coat of arms of Sir Ellis Robins, who was Chairman of the British South Africa Company and the school is also named after him.