How will it work - will private schools stop pretending to be charities from now on?
No that's too complicated.
Remove the VAT exemption. Simple, quick. Generates revenue. No painful revision of existing legislation that is too open to be worked around/avoided, or having damaging side effects.
If her husband works, even at the average UK wage, they've got a combined income of 120k, and they don't live in London.
I don't expect to see a significant change in the number of kids attending private schools next year as a result of this.
How will it work - will private schools stop pretending to be charities from now on?