To delete an app on your iPad, you have to put the icons in "wiggle" mode. Then, after deleting an app, a single press of the Home button stops the wiggle mode. Then, after the wiggle mode is stopped, another press of the Home button should take you to your home page.
The above is how it should work. If this is not happening, have you tried a restart or a reset of the iPad? To do (apologies if you know):
Restart: Hold down the power button until the power off slider appears. Slide it off. When the iPad finishes shutting down, hold down the power button again until the Apple logo appears.
If that doesn't help, try this last step...
Reset: Hold both the power and home buttons until the screen goes dark and the Apple logo then appears (the slide to unlock screen may or may not appear). Once the logo appears, release the buttons. After a time, your homescreen will appear. Please note that it may take some time for the Apple logo to appear or for your homescreen to appear (or both). This is normal. Eventually, the homescreen will appear.
Maybe that'll help?
Marilyn
P.S. I deleted your other thread you started today on this same topic. Making more than one post not only fragments the conversation and makes it hard to follow - it's against the forum rules. Please keep any follow-ups, discussion or updates on this topic to this thread; do not start another. Thanks for your understanding.